Abstract
We report 3 cases of Queensland tick typhus (QTT) and 1 case of African tick bite fever in which the causative rickettsiae were detected by PCR of eschar and skin lesions in all cases. An oral mucosal lesion in 1 QTT case was also positive.
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Wang, J. M., Hudson, B. J., Watts, M. R., Karagiannis, T., Fisher, N. J., Anderson, C., & Roffey, P. (2009). Diagnosis of Queensland tick typhus and African tick bite fever by PCR of lesion swabs. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 15(6), 963–965. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1506.080855
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