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Mediannikov Oleg, Fenollar F., Bassene H., Tall A., Sokhna Cheikh, Trape Jean-François, Raoult Didier. (2013). Description of "yaaf", the vesicular fever caused by acute Rickettsia felis infection in Senegal. Journal of Infection, 66 (6), p. 536-540. ISSN 0163-4453.

Titre du document
Description of "yaaf", the vesicular fever caused by acute Rickettsia felis infection in Senegal
Année de publication
2013
Type de document
Article référencé dans le Web of Science WOS:000318397000009
Auteurs
Mediannikov Oleg, Fenollar F., Bassene H., Tall A., Sokhna Cheikh, Trape Jean-François, Raoult Didier
Source
Journal of Infection, 2013, 66 (6), p. 536-540 ISSN 0163-4453
Rickettsiosis caused by Rickettsia felis is an emerging infection in Africa and may account for 3-4% of ambulatory febrile fevers. We report herein a case of R. felis infection, for which we propose the name "yaaf", meaning vesicle, in an 8-month-old girl who was diagnosed in the field by real-time PCR analysis of a skin lesion; these PCR analysis was performed at a local experimental point-of-care laboratory. The clinical presentation was polymorphous skin lesions, including papules, vesicles, erosions and ulcers. The patient did not produce antibodies against Rickettsia. We suggest that this disease may be a primary infection caused by R. felis.
Plan de classement
Entomologie médicale / Parasitologie / Virologie [052]
Description Géographique
SENEGAL
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010060895]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010060895
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