Mediterranean spotted fever-like illness caused by Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae, North Macedonia, June 2022

Dejan Jakimovski (1) , Sofija Mateska (1) , Verica Simin (2) , Ivana Bogdan (2) , Dragana Mijatović (2) , Agustín Estrada-Peña (3) , Lourdes Mateos-Hernández (4) , Angélique Foucault-Simonin (5) , Sara Moutailler (5) , Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz (5) , Pavle Banović (2, 6)

1 University Clinic for Infectious Diseases and Febrile Conditions [Skopje]
2 Pasteur Institute Novi Sad
3 University of Zaragoza - Universidad de Zaragoza [Zaragoza]
4 UPE - Université Paris-Est
5 BIPAR - Biologie moléculaire et immunologie parasitaires et fongiques
6 University of Novi Sad

Mediterranean spotted fever-like illness (MSF-like illness) is a tick-borne disease caused by Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae first reported in France more than 25 years ago. Until today, more than 50 cases of MSF-like illness have been reported in different regions of Europe and Africa, highlighting variable clinical manifestation. Here we report a case of MSF-like illness following a bite from a Hyalomma tick in the Skopje region of North Macedonia.

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Dejan Jakimovski, Sofija Mateska, Verica Simin, Ivana Bogdan, Dragana Mijatović, et al.. Mediterranean spotted fever-like illness caused by Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae, North Macedonia, June 2022. Eurosurveillance, 2022, 27 (42), ⟨10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.42.2200735⟩. ⟨hal-04150462⟩