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


ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Jakimovski D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9585876 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Mediterranean spotted fever-like illness caused by <i>Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae</i>, North Macedonia, June 2022.

Jakimovski Dejan D   Mateska Sofija S   Simin Verica V   Bogdan Ivana I   Mijatović Dragana D   Estrada-Peña Agustín A   Mateos-Hernández Lourdes L   Foucault-Simonin Angélique A   Moutailler Sara S   Cabezas-Cruz Alejandro A   Banović Pavle P  

Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin 20221001 42


Mediterranean spotted fever-like illness (MSF-like illness) is a tick-borne disease caused by <i>Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae</i> 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 <i>Hyalomma</i> tick in the Skopje region of North Macedonia. ...[more]

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