Journal article

Three rickettsioses, Darnley Island, Australia

Nathan B Unsworth, John Stenos, Antony G Faa, Stephen R Graves

EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES | CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION | Published : 2007

Abstract

We report 3 rickettsioses on Darnley Island, Australia, in the Torres Strait. In addition to previously described cases of Flinders Island spotted fever (Rickettsia honei strain "marmionii"), we describe 1 case of Queensland tick typhus (R. australis) and 2 cases of scrub typhus caused by a unique strain (Orientia tsutsugamushi).

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