Fournier P E, Grunnenberger F, Jaulhac B, Gastinger G, Raoult D
Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2000 Jul-Aug;6(4):389-92. doi: 10.3201/eid0604.000412.
A 37-year-old man living in eastern France seroconverted to Rickettsia helvetica in August 1997, 4 weeks after the onset of an unexplained febrile illness. Results of a serosurvey of forest workers from the area where the patient lived showed a 9.2% seroprevalence against R. helvetica. This organism may pose a threat for populations exposed to Ixodes ricinus ticks.
一名居住在法国东部的37岁男子在1997年8月出现原因不明的发热性疾病4周后,血清转化为感染瑞士立克次体。对该患者居住地区林业工人的血清学调查结果显示,瑞士立克次体血清阳性率为9.2%。这种病原体可能对接触蓖麻硬蜱的人群构成威胁。