Early diagnosis of severe Mediterranean spotted fever cases by nested-PCR detecting spotted fever Rickettsiae 17-kD common antigen gene

David Ergas From the Department of Medicine B, Kaplan Medical Centre, RehovotCorrespondence[email protected]

M. Zev Sthoeger From the Department of Medicine B, Kaplan Medical Centre, Rehovot

Avi Keysary Israel National Reference Centre for Rickettsioses, Department of Infectious Diseases, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-ZionaKaplan Medical Centre, Israel

Carmela Strenger Israel National Reference Centre for Rickettsioses, Department of Infectious Diseases, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-ZionaKaplan Medical Centre, Israel

Moshe Leitner Israel National Reference Centre for Rickettsioses, Department of Infectious Diseases, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-ZionaKaplan Medical Centre, Israel

Oren Zimhony Infectious Diseases Unit, affiliated to the Hebrew University and Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem

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