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The aim of this study was to detect SFGR using molecular methods in the patients, presenting with AFI in a tertiary care centre in north India.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods:<\/jats:title>\n Consecutive patients (>14 yr of age) with AFI were enrolled over a six month period. Standard investigations for common pathogens causing AFI in India (malaria, dengue, scrub typhus, leptospirosis and enteric fever) were carried out. In patients who were negative for all of the above investigations, blood was subjected to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) targeting outer membrane protein A (ompA<\/jats:italic>) gene of Rickettsia<\/jats:italic>.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n Of the 51 patients with an undiagnosed aetiology, three were positive by ompA<\/jats:italic> PCR. Two of the PCR products produced good sequences and BLAST identification confirmed them as Rickettsia conorii<\/jats:italic>. The sequences of R. conorii<\/jats:italic> reported from south India clustered with two previously reported novel rickettsial genotypes. The study sequences clustered in a group different from that of Rickettsia<\/jats:italic> spp. of the south Indian sequences reported earlier.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Interpretation & conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n This study showed the existence of R. conorii<\/jats:italic> in north India. 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