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Dimosthenis Chochlakis1, Christine Bongiorni, Nikolaos Partalis
1Regional Laboratory of Public Health of Crete School of Medicine.
Abstract:
Tick-borne rickettsioses are endemic in Greece; however, until recently, only Rickettsia typhi and R. conorii were tested routinely in human samples arriving at the National Reference Center. During the last few years, the identification of different rickettsia species in ticks led to the introduction of other spotted fever group rickettsiae in routine analysis. Under the new scheme, R. massiliae is now tested routinely in human samples; herein, we describe a human case of this infection.
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