Current knowledge of rickettsial diseases in Italy

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作者
Ciceroni, Lorenzo [1 ]
Pinto, Antonella [1 ]
Ciarrocchi, Simonetta [1 ]
Ciervo, Alessandra [1 ]
机构
[1] Ist Super Sanita, Dept Infect Parasit & Immunemediated Dis, I-00161 Rome, Italy
来源
CENTURY OF RICKETTSIOLOGY: EMERGING, REEMERGING RICKETTSIOSES, MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS, AND EMERGING VETERINARY RICKETTSIOSES | 2006年 / 1078卷
关键词
rickettsial diseases; spotted fever group rickettsiosis; Mediterranean spotted fever; murine typhus; epidemic typhus; spotted fever group rickettsiae; Rickettsia conorii; Italy;
D O I
10.1196/annals.1374.024
中图分类号
R51 [传染病];
学科分类号
100401 ;
摘要
Rickettsial diseases continue to be the cause of serious health problems in Italy. From 1998 to 2002, 4,604 clinical cases were reported, with 33 deaths in the period from 1998 to 2001. Almost all the cases reported in Italy are cases of Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF). Other rickettsioses that have been historically documented are murine typhus and epidemic typhus. Since 1950, only sporadic cases of murine typhus have been reported, and Italy currently appears to be free of epidemic typhus. As in other European countries, imported cases of rickettsialpox, African tick-bite fever (ATBF), and scrub typhus have been reported. In 2004, three cases of a mild form of rickettsiosis were serologically attributed to Rickettsia helvetica.
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