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Emerg Infect Dis
; 27(8): 2237-2239, 2021 08.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34287134
RESUMO
Rickettsia asembonensis is a flea-related Rickettsia with unknown pathogenicity to humans. We detected R. asembonensis DNA in 2 of 1,153 human blood samples in Zambia. Our findings suggest the possibility of R. asembonensis infection in humans despite its unknown pathogenicity.