Evidence of exposure to Rickettsia felis in Australian patients

Yen Thon Teoh; Sze Fui Hii; Stephen Graves; Robert Rees; John Stenos; Rebecca J Traub

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Evidence of exposure to Rickettsia felis in Australian patients

Yen Thon Teoh, Sze Fui Hii, Stephen Graves, Robert Rees, John Stenos, Rebecca J Traub

One Health | ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2016.06.001

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Rebecca Traub Author Veterinary Biosciences

Sze Fui Hii Author Veterinary Biosciences

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Funding Acknowledgements

This research was funded by the Australian Research Council (LP130100565) in partnership with Bayer Animal Health and the Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory. The authors would like to thank Dr. Gemma Vincent and Ms. Chelsea Nguyen (Scientist Officers at the ARRL) for rickettsia cell culture, serological assay training and IFAT validation.