TY - JOUR AU - Rolain, Jean-Marc AU - Mathai, Elizabeth AU - Lepidi, Hubert AU - Somashekar, Hosaagrahara AU - Mathew, Leni AU - Prakash, John A.J. AU - Raoult, Didier T1 - "Candidatus Rickettsia kellyi," India T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2006 VL - 12 IS - 3 SP - 483 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We report the first laboratory-confirmed human infection due to a new rickettsial genotype in India, "Candidatus Rickettsia kellyi," in a 1-year-old boy with fever and maculopapular rash. The diagnosis was made by serologic testing, polymerase chain reaction detection, and immunohistochemical testing of the organism from a skin biopsy specimen. KW - Rickettsia KW - human rickettsiosis KW - India KW - skin biopsy KW - children KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1203.050853 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/3/05-0853_article ER - End of Reference