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Spotted fever group rickettsioses and murine typhus should be considered in the diagnosis of patients with nonspecific febrile illness in this region.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.16-0199","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,7,12]],"date-time":"2016-07-12T06:25:38Z","timestamp":1468304738000},"page":"765-768","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":40,"title":["Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses and Murine Typhus in a Malaysian Teaching Hospital"],"prefix":"10.4269","volume":"95","author":[{"given":"Kai Ling","family":"Kho","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"1Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fui Xian","family":"Koh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"1Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Harvinder Kaur Lakhbeer","family":"Singh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"1Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hafizatul Anis Mohamed","family":"Zan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"1Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Anjanna","family":"Kukreja","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"2Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sasheela","family":"Ponnampalavanar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"2Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sun Tee","family":"Tay","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"1Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"2795","reference":[{"key":"ref1","series-title":"Clin Microbiol Rev","first-page":"719","article-title":"Tick-borne rickettsioses around the world: emerging diseases challenging old concepts","volume":"18","author":"Parola","year":"2005"},{"key":"ref2","series-title":"Emerg Infect Dis","first-page":"319","article-title":"Flea-borne rickettsioses: ecologic considerations","volume":"3","author":"Azad","year":"1997"},{"key":"ref3","series-title":"Clin Microbiol Rev","first-page":"657","article-title":"Update on tick-borne rickettsioses around the world: a geographic approach","volume":"26","author":"Parola","year":"2013"},{"key":"ref4","series-title":"Clin Microbiol Infect","first-page":"996","article-title":"Rickettsia felis: from a rare disease in the USA to a common cause of fever in sub-Saharan Africa","volume":"17","author":"Parola","year":"2011"},{"key":"ref5","series-title":"Clin Infect Dis","first-page":"913","article-title":"Murine typhus: an unrecognized suburban vectorborne disease","volume":"46","author":"Civen","year":"2008"},{"key":"ref6","series-title":"Indian Pediatr","first-page":"157","article-title":"Rickettsial infections: Indian perspective","volume":"47","author":"Rathi","year":"2010"},{"key":"ref7","series-title":"J Clin Microbiol","first-page":"90","article-title":"Rickettsia species infecting Amblyomma cooperi ticks from an area in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, where Brazilian spotted fever is endemic","volume":"42","author":"Labruna","year":"2004"},{"key":"ref8","series-title":"Int J Syst Evol Microbiol","first-page":"1449","article-title":"Phylogenetic analysis of members of the genus Rickettsia using the gene encoding the outer-membrane protein rOmpB (ompB)","volume":"50","author":"Roux","year":"2000"},{"key":"ref9","series-title":"Emerg Infect Dis","first-page":"256","article-title":"Rickettsial infections and fever, Vientiane, Laos","volume":"12","author":"Phongmany","year":"2006"},{"key":"ref10","series-title":"Ann N Y Acad Sci","first-page":"173","article-title":"Identification of Rickettsia spp. and Bartonella spp. in fleas from the Thai-Myanmar border","volume":"990","author":"Parola","year":"2003"},{"key":"ref11","series-title":"PLoS One","first-page":"e95810","article-title":"Human spotted fever group rickettsioses are underappreciated in southern Taiwan, particularly for the species closely-related to Rickettsia felis","volume":"9","author":"Lai","year":"2014"},{"key":"ref12","series-title":"Br J Exp Pathol","first-page":"461","article-title":"The typhus group of diseases in Malaya. 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