Neorickettsia sennetsu as a Neglected Cause of Fever in South-East Asia.

• Main Authors: Sabine Dittrich (Author), Weerawat Phuklia (Author), Gareth D H Turner (Author), Sayaphet Rattanavong (Author), Vilada Chansamouth (Author), Stephen J Dumler (Author), David J P Ferguson (Author), Daniel H Paris (Author), Paul N Newton (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Neorickettsia sennetsu infection is rarely recognized, with less than 100 globally reported patients over the last 50 years. The disease is thought to be contracted by eating raw fish, a staple of many South-East Asian cuisines. In 2009, the first patient with sennetsu was identified in the Lao PDR...