| Current knowledge of rickettsial diseases in Italy. | |
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PMID: 17114696 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Rickettsial diseases continue to be the cause of serious health problems in Italy. From 1998 to 2002, 4,604 clinical cases were reported, with 33 deaths in the period from 1998 to 2001. Almost all the cases reported in Italy are cases of Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF). Other rickettsioses that have been historically documented are murine typhus and epidemic typhus. Since 1950, only sporadic cases of murine typhus have been reported, and Italy currently appears to be free of epidemic typhus. As in other European countries, imported cases of rickettsialpox, African tick-bite fever (ATBF), and scrub typhus have been reported. In 2004, three cases of a mild form of rickettsiosis were serologically attributed to Rickettsia helvetica. |
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Authors:
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Lorenzo Ciceroni; Antonella Pinto; Simonetta Ciarrocchi; Alessandra Ciervo |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Historical Article; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Volume: 1078 ISSN: 0077-8923 ISO Abbreviation: Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. Publication Date: 2006 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2006-11-20 Completed Date: 2007-01-23 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7506858 Medline TA: Ann N Y Acad Sci Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 143-9 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy. ciceroni@iss.it |
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Adolescent Adult Age Distribution Aged Animals Child Child, Preschool Female Geography History, 16th Century Humans Incidence Infant Italy / epidemiology Male Mice Middle Aged Rickettsia Infections / diagnosis*, epidemiology, veterinary Rodent Diseases / epidemiology, microbiology |
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