Description of the First Reported Human Case of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis in Urban Bangkok

Vichai Sangkasuwan; Thongchai Chatyingmongkol; Suchitra Sukwit; Chirapa Eamsila; Thippawan Chuenchitra; Wuttikorn Rodkvamtook; Ju Jiang; Allen L. Richards; Kriangkrai Lerdthusnee; James W. Jones

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.891

ISSN: 0002-9637
E-ISSN: 1476-1645

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Vichai Sangkasuwan¹, Thongchai Chatyingmongkol¹, Suchitra Sukwit¹, Chirapa Eamsila¹, Thippawan Chuenchitra¹, Wuttikorn Rodkvamtook¹, Ju Jiang¹, Allen L. Richards^1,*, Kriangkrai Lerdthusnee¹, James W. Jones¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Research Division, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Royal Thai Army, Bangkok, Thailand; Sikarin Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand; Rickettsial Diseases Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland; Department of Entomology, US Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand
Publisher: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 77, Issue 5, 1 Nov 2007, p. 891 - 892
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.891

Abstract

Described herein is the clinical presentation of a patient from Bangkok, with fever, petechial rash, history of a tick bite, and a diagnosis of spotted fever rickettsiosis.

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Received : 22 Mar 2007
Accepted : 31 Jul 2007

f Description of the First Reported Human Case of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis in Urban Bangkok

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