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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 77(5), 2007, pp. 891-892
Copyright © 2007 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Description of the First Reported Human Case of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis in Urban Bangkok

Vichai Sangkasuwan, Thongchai Chatyingmongkol, Suchitra Sukwit, Chirapa Eamsila, Thippawan Chuenchitra, Wuttikorn Rodkvamtook, Ju Jiang, Allen L. Richards*, Kriangkrai Lerdthusnee, AND James W. Jones
Research Division, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Royal Thai Army, Bangkok, Thailand; Sikarin Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand; Rickettsial Diseases Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland; Department of Entomology, US Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

 

ABSTRACT

Described herein is the clinical presentation of a patient from Bangkok, with fever, petechial rash, history of a tick bite, and a diagnosis of spotted fever rickettsiosis.

Received March 22, 2007. Accepted for publication July 31, 2007.

* Address correspondence to A. L. Richards, Naval Medical Research Center, 503 Robert Grant Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910-7500. E-mail: RichardsA{at}NMRC.NAVY.MIL

Authors’ addresses: V. Sangkasuwan, S. Sukwit, C. Eamsila, T. Chuenchitra, W. Rodkvamtook, Research Division, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Royal Thai Army, 315/6 Rajvithee Road, Phyathai, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand. T. Chatying-mongkol, Sikarin Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand. J. Jiang and A.L. Richards, Naval Medical Research Center, 503 Robert Grant Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20910-7500. K. Lerdthusnee and J.W. Jones, Department of Entomology, US Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, 315/6 Rajvithee Road, Phyathai, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.

The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Royal Thai Army, the Thai Government, Department of the Navy, Department of Defense, nor the U.S. Government.

Because 4 authors are either military service members or employees of the U.S. Government, copyright protection is not available for this work, prepared as part of their official duties under Title 17 U.S.C. 105. Title 17 U.S.C. 101 defines a U.S. Government work as a work prepared by a military service member or employee of the U.S. Government as part of that person’s official duties.






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