Kelly P J, Mason P R, Raoult D
Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Cent Afr J Med. 1998 Apr;44(4):111-8.
Until recently our understanding of spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses in southern Africa was based on research carried out in the 1930s and 1940s. In the last decade there have been considerable advances in the techniques available to study rickettsias and the application of these in southern Africa has greatly increased our knowledge of the organisms in the region and the epidemiology of diseases they cause. In this review we describe the new advances used to study rickettsias and the current data available on SFG rickettsioses in the region.
直到最近，我们对非洲南部斑点热群（SFG）立克次体病的了解还基于20世纪30年代和40年代开展的研究。在过去十年中，用于研究立克次体的技术取得了显著进展，这些技术在非洲南部的应用极大地增加了我们对该地区这些生物体以及它们所引起疾病的流行病学的了解。在这篇综述中，我们描述了用于研究立克次体的新进展以及该地区SFG立克次体病的现有数据。
