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Title: Mediterranean spotted fever-like illness caused by Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae, North Macedonia, June 2022
Authors: Jakimovski, Dejan 
Mateska, Sofija
Simin, Verica
Bogdan, Ivana
Mijatović, Dragana
Estrada-Peña, Agustín
Mateos-Hernández, Lourdes
Foucault-Simonin, Angélique
Moutailler, Sara
Cabezas-Cruz, Alejandro
Banović, Pavle
Keywords: MSF-like
Rickettsia sibirica
Rickettsiosis
Spotted fever
Issue Date: 20-Oct-2022
Source: Jakimovski D, Mateska S, Simin V, Bogdan I, Mijatović D, Estrada-Peña A, Mateos-Hernández L, Foucault-Simonin A, Moutailler S, Cabezas-Cruz A, Banović P. Mediterranean spotted fever-like illness caused by Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae, North Macedonia, June 2022. Euro Surveill. 2022 Oct;27(42). doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.42.2200735. PMID: 36268740.
Journal: Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
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.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/23913
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.42.2200735
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