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Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Describe the most common rickettsial diseases in returning international travelers between 1996 and 2008.
• Identify risk factors associated with higher likelihood of rickettsial disease among returning international travelers.
• Describe the most common treatment for rickettsial diseases.

CME Editor

Nancy Farm Männikkö, PhD, Technical Writer-Editor, Emerging Infectious Diseases. Disclosure: Nancy Farm Männikkö, PhD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

CME Author

Désirée Lie, MD, MSEd, Clinical Professor, Family Medicine, University of California, Orange; Director, Division of Faculty Development, UCI Medical Center, Orange, California. Disclosure: Désirée Lie, MD, MSEd, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Authors

Disclosures: Mogens Jensenius, MD, PhD; Xiaohong Davis, PhD; Frank von Sonnenburg, MD; Eli Schwartz, MD; Jay S. Keystone, MD, MSc, FRCPC; Karin Leder, FRACP,; Rogelio Lopéz-Véléz, MD, PhD; Jakob P. Cramer, MD; Lin Chen, MD; and Philippe Parola, MD, have disclosed no relevant financial relationships. Eric Caumes, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships: served an as advisor or consultant for Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation; served as a speaker or a member of a speakers bureau for Wyeth France.