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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
Volume 95, Issue 4, Pages 765-768Publisher
AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0199
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- University Malaya Research Grant from University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [RP013-2012A]
- Postgraduate Research Fund from University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [PG006-2013B]
- High Impact Research Grants from University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [UM.C/625/1/HIR-MOHE/CHAN/11, E000013-20001]
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Limited information is available on the etiological agents of rickettsioses in southeast Asia. Herein, we report the molecular investigation of rickettsioses in four patients attending a teaching hospital in Malaysia. DNA of Rickettsia sp. RF2125, Rickettsia typhi, and a rickettsia closely related to Rickettsia raoultii was detected in the blood samples of the patients. Spotted fever group rickettsioses and murine typhus should be considered in the diagnosis of patients with nonspecific febrile illness in this region.
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