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CDC, 1998. Update. Leptospirosis and unexplained acute febrile illness among athletes participating in triathlons-Illinois and Wisconsin. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 47 :673–676.
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Sexton DJ, Walker DH, 2006. Spotted fever group rickettsiosis. Guerrant RL, Walker DH, Weller PF, eds. Tropical Infectious Diseases, Principles, Pathogens, and Practice. Second edition. Philadelphia: Churchill Livingstone, 539–547.
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Zavala-Velázquez JE, Ruiz-Sosa JA, S ánchez-Elias RA, Becerra-Carmona G, Walker DH, 2000. Rickettsia felis rickettsiosis in Yucatán. Lancet 356 :1079–1080.
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Gillespie JJ, Beier MS, Rahman MS, Ammerman NC, Shallom JM, Purkayastha A, Sobral BS, Azad AF, 2007. Plasmids and rickettsial evolution: insight from Rickettsia felis. PLoS ONE 2 :e266.
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Bouyer DH, Stenos J, Crocquet-Valdes P, Moron CG, Popov VL, Zavala-Velázquez JE, Foil LD, Stothard DR, Azad AF, Walker DH, 2001. Rickettsia felis: molecular characterization of a new member of the spotted fever group. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 51 :339–347.
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Zavala-Castro J, Small M, Keng C, Bouyer DH, Zavala-Velázquez JE, Walker DH, 2005. Transcription of the Rickettsia felis ompA gene in naturally infected fleas. Am J Trop Med Hyg 73 :662–666.
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Laemmli K, 1970. Cleavage of structural proteins during the assembly of the head of the bacteriophage T4. Nature 227 :680–682.
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Towbin H, Staehelin T, Bordon J, 1979. Electrophoretic transfer of proteins from polyacrylamide gels to nitrocellulose sheets: procedure and some applications. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 76 :4350–4354.
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Zavala-Velázquez J, Laviada-Molina H, Zavala-Castro J, Perez-Osorio C, Becerra-Carmona G, Ruiz-Sosa JA, Bouyer DH, Walker DH, 2006. Rickettsia felis, the agent of an emerging infectious disease: report of a new case in Mexico. Arch Med Res 37 :419–422.
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Adams JR, Schmidtmann ET, Azad AF, 1990. Infection of colonized cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis (Bouché), with a rickettsia-like microorganism. Am J Trop Med Hyg 43 :400–409.
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Galvao MAM, Zavala-Velázquez JE, Zavala-Castro JE, Mafra CL, Calic SB, Walker DH. Rickettsia felis in the Americas, 2006. Ann NY Acad Sci 1078: 156–158.
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Nogueras MM, Cardenosa N, Sanfeliu I, Munoz T, Font B, Segura F, 2006. Evidence of infection in humans with Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia felis in Catalonia in the northeast of Spain. Ann NY Acad Sci 1078 :159–161.
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Oteo JA, Portillo A, Santibáñez S, Blanco JR, Pérez-Martínez L, Ibarra V, 2006. Cluster of cases of human Rickettsia felis infection from Southern Europe (Spain) diagnosed by PCR. J Clin Microbiol 44 :2669–2671.
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Rickettsia felis Outer Membrane Protein A: A Potential Tool for Diagnosis of Patients with Flea-Borne Spotted Fever
Jorge E. Zavala-Castro
Jorge E. Zavala-Castro
Facultad de Medicina, Unidad Interinstitucional de Investigación Clínica y Epidemiológica, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, México; Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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Karla R. Dzul-Rosado
Karla R. Dzul-Rosado
Facultad de Medicina, Unidad Interinstitucional de Investigación Clínica y Epidemiológica, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, México; Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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Juan José Arias León
Juan José Arias León
Facultad de Medicina, Unidad Interinstitucional de Investigación Clínica y Epidemiológica, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, México; Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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David H. Walker
David H. Walker
Facultad de Medicina, Unidad Interinstitucional de Investigación Clínica y Epidemiológica, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, México; Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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Jorge E. Zavala-Velázquez
Jorge E. Zavala-Velázquez
Facultad de Medicina, Unidad Interinstitucional de Investigación Clínica y Epidemiológica, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, México; Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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Rickettsia felis infection in humans has been detected worldwide, causing an illness that could be confused with other viral and bacterial infections such as dengue fever. Despite the high incidence of infection in humans, reservoirs, and vectors, the definitive diagnosis of R. felis infection currently requires polymerase chain reaction and sequencing because its antigens are closely related to other rickettsiae, making serologic diagnosis problematic. In this work, we report the immune reactivity of sera from four patients infected with R. felis with recombinant peptides representing regions of outer membrane protein A of R. felis.
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CDC, 1998. Update. Leptospirosis and unexplained acute febrile illness among athletes participating in triathlons-Illinois and Wisconsin. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 47 :673–676.
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2
Sexton DJ, Walker DH, 2006. Spotted fever group rickettsiosis. Guerrant RL, Walker DH, Weller PF, eds. Tropical Infectious Diseases, Principles, Pathogens, and Practice. Second edition. Philadelphia: Churchill Livingstone, 539–547.
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Zavala-Velázquez JE, Ruiz-Sosa JA, S ánchez-Elias RA, Becerra-Carmona G, Walker DH, 2000. Rickettsia felis rickettsiosis in Yucatán. Lancet 356 :1079–1080.
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4
Gillespie JJ, Beier MS, Rahman MS, Ammerman NC, Shallom JM, Purkayastha A, Sobral BS, Azad AF, 2007. Plasmids and rickettsial evolution: insight from Rickettsia felis. PLoS ONE 2 :e266.
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5
Bouyer DH, Stenos J, Crocquet-Valdes P, Moron CG, Popov VL, Zavala-Velázquez JE, Foil LD, Stothard DR, Azad AF, Walker DH, 2001. Rickettsia felis: molecular characterization of a new member of the spotted fever group. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 51 :339–347.
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6
Zavala-Castro J, Small M, Keng C, Bouyer DH, Zavala-Velázquez JE, Walker DH, 2005. Transcription of the Rickettsia felis ompA gene in naturally infected fleas. Am J Trop Med Hyg 73 :662–666.
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7
Laemmli K, 1970. Cleavage of structural proteins during the assembly of the head of the bacteriophage T4. Nature 227 :680–682.
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8
Towbin H, Staehelin T, Bordon J, 1979. Electrophoretic transfer of proteins from polyacrylamide gels to nitrocellulose sheets: procedure and some applications. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 76 :4350–4354.
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9
Zavala-Velázquez J, Laviada-Molina H, Zavala-Castro J, Perez-Osorio C, Becerra-Carmona G, Ruiz-Sosa JA, Bouyer DH, Walker DH, 2006. Rickettsia felis, the agent of an emerging infectious disease: report of a new case in Mexico. Arch Med Res 37 :419–422.
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10
Adams JR, Schmidtmann ET, Azad AF, 1990. Infection of colonized cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis (Bouché), with a rickettsia-like microorganism. Am J Trop Med Hyg 43 :400–409.
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11
Galvao MAM, Zavala-Velázquez JE, Zavala-Castro JE, Mafra CL, Calic SB, Walker DH. Rickettsia felis in the Americas, 2006. Ann NY Acad Sci 1078: 156–158.
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12
Nogueras MM, Cardenosa N, Sanfeliu I, Munoz T, Font B, Segura F, 2006. Evidence of infection in humans with Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia felis in Catalonia in the northeast of Spain. Ann NY Acad Sci 1078 :159–161.
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13
Oteo JA, Portillo A, Santibáñez S, Blanco JR, Pérez-Martínez L, Ibarra V, 2006. Cluster of cases of human Rickettsia felis infection from Southern Europe (Spain) diagnosed by PCR. J Clin Microbiol 44 :2669–2671.
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