TY - JOUR AU - Eldin, Carole AU - Mediannikov, Oleg AU - Davoust, Bernard AU - Cabre, Olivier AU - Barré, Nicolas AU - Raoult, Didier AU - Parola, Philippe T1 - Emergence of Rickettsia africae, Oceania T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2011 VL - 17 IS - 1 SP - 100 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We detected Rickettsia africae, the agent of African tick-bite fever (ATBF), by amplification of fragments of gltA, ompA, and ompB genes from 3 specimens of Amblyomma loculosum ticks collected from humans and birds in New Caledonia. Clinicians who treat persons in this region should be on alert for ATBF. KW - Bacteria KW - vector-borne infections KW - Oceania KW - ticks KW - Rickettsia africae KW - Amblyomma KW - African tick-bite fever KW - New Caledonia KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1701.101081 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/1/10-1081_article ER - End of Reference