@article{PAR00014989,
  title = {{R}ickettsia massiliae infection and {SENLAT} syndrome in {R}omania},
  author = {{Z}aharia, {M}. and {P}opescu, {C}. {P}. and {F}lorescu, {S}. {A}. and {C}eausu, {E}. and {R}aoult, {D}idier and {P}arola, {P}. and {S}ocolovschi, {C}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he purpose of this prospective study is to describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of rickettsioses in {R}omania, where only {R}ickettsia conorii is known by clinicians but new {R}ickettsia species have been identified recently in ticks. {A} total of eight patients, including a nine-year-old child, were included between {J}une 2011 and {J}une 2012, in the {H}ospital for {I}nfectious and {T}ropical {D}iseases, {B}ucharest, {R}omania. {S}even cases presented during summer months and one in spring. {S}ix patients presented a generalized rash with fever, myalgia and skin eschar. {T}he last two patients presented a typical {SENLAT} syndrome, characterized by scalp eschar and neck lymphadenopathy. {U}sing serological tools, we confirmed for the first time two cases of {R}ickettsia massiliae, the agent of spotted fever disease, and one case of {R}ickettsia slovaca, and one case of {R}. slovaca{R}ickettsia raoultii the agents of {SENLAT} syndrome.},
  keywords = {{R}ickettsioses ; {T}ick ; {R}omania ; {R}ickettsia massiliae ; {R}ickettsia slovaca ; {R}ickettsia raoultii ; {ROUMANIE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{T}icks and {T}ick-{B}orne {D}iseases},
  volume = {7},
  numero = {5},
  pages = {759--762},
  ISSN = {1877-959{X}},
  year = {2016},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.03.008},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00014989},
}