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Importation Into the United States from Africa of Rhipicephalus Simus on a Boutonneuse Fever Patient

John F. AndersonDepartment of Entomology, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, New Haven, Connecticut 06504

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Louis A. MagnarelliDepartment of Entomology, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, New Haven, Connecticut 06504

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Willy BurgdorferDepartment of Entomology, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, New Haven, Connecticut 06504

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Elizabeth A. CasperDepartment of Entomology, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, New Haven, Connecticut 06504

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Robert N. PhilipDepartment of Entomology, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, New Haven, Connecticut 06504

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1981.30.897
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Volume 30: Issue 4
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897–899
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Rhipicephalus simus Koch was removed from a human upon his return to Connecticut, U.S.A. from Kenya, Africa. This person became ill in Africa, exhibited clinical manifestations of boutonneuse fever and had a significant rise (≥8-fold) in IgM titer against spotted fever-group rickettsiae. Rickettsia conorii was probably the infectious agent.
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Copyright © 1981 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1981
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21 Feb 1981
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Jul 1981
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