Mediterranean spotted fever-like illness caused by Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae, North Macedonia, June 2022

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, highligh...

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Published in:	Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles Vol. 27; no. 42; p. 15
Main 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
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Saint-Maurice Centre Europeen pour la Surveillance Epidemiologique du SIDA (European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS) 20-10-2022 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Subjects:	Disease prevention Fever Life Sciences Medical diagnosis Parasitic diseases Rapid Communication Republic of North Macedonia
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Summary:	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.
Bibliography:	Correspondence: Pavle Banović (pavle.banovic@mf.uns.ac.rs)
ISSN:	1560-7917 1025-496X 1560-7917 1025-496X
DOI:	10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.42.2200735