Mediterranean spotted fever-like illness caused by Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae, North Macedonia, June 2022

Mediterranean spotted fever-like illness (MSF-like illness) is a tick-borne disease caused by Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae first reported in France more than 25 years ago. Until today, more than 50 cases of MSF-like illness have been reported in different regions of Europe and Africa, highligh...

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Published in:Eurosurveillance
Main Authors: Jakimovski, Dejan, Mateska, Sofija, Simin, Verica, Bogdan, Ivana, Mijatović, Dragana, Estrada-Peña, Agustín, Mateos-Hernández, Lourdes, Foucault-Simonin, Angélique, Moutailler, Sara, Cabezas-Cruz, Alejandro, Banović, Pavle
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2022
Subjects:
MSF-like
Rickettsia sibirica
Rickettsiosis
Spotted fever
Sibirica
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.42.2200735
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Summary:Mediterranean spotted fever-like illness (MSF-like illness) is a tick-borne disease caused by Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae first reported in France more than 25 years ago. Until today, more than 50 cases of MSF-like illness have been reported in different regions of Europe and Africa, highlighting variable clinical manifestation. Here we report a case of MSF-like illness following a bite from a Hyalomma tick in the Skopje region of North Macedonia.

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