Epidemiological characteristics of rickettsial diseases in Croatia

Military Medicine
Rosanda MulićKemal Alambasić

Abstract

To show the presence and prevalence of rickettsial diseases and the geographic distribution in Croatia. The pattern of these diseases was monitored during the 1992-2003 period. The rickettsial diseases that occur sporadically in the littoral of Croatia (Adriatic islands and the coastal area) include Mediterranean spotted fever, murine typhus, Brill-Zinsser disease, and a clinical entity known as rickettsioses. Mediterranean spotted fever and murine typhus are considered to be endemic exclusively in Dalmatia. The term rickettsioses has been used because of inadequate laboratory differentiation of causative agents; therefore, the species of rickettsiae responsible for this clinical entity remains unknown. Highly efficient, military, infectious disease research should be continued, to shed more light on this important issue.

Citations

Feb 5, 2008·Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases·Svetomir SamardzicAna Gligic
Jul 19, 2011·International Journal of Infectious Diseases : IJID : Official Publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases·Peter J Hotez, Meredith Gurwith

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