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Flinders Island Spotted Fever Rickettsioses Caused by “marmionii” Strain of Rickettsia honei, Eastern Australia

Nathan B. Unsworth*, John Stenos*

, Stephen R. Graves*, Antony G. Faa†, G. Erika Cox‡, John R. Dyer§, Craig S. Boutlis¶, Amanda M. Lane#, Matthew D. Shaw#, Jennifer Robson**, and Michael D. Nissen††

Author affiliations: *Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; †Warwick Hospital (Southern Downs Health Services District), Warwick, Queensland, Australia; ‡Launceston General Hospital, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia; §Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia; ¶Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; #University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; **Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; ††Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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Rickettsial serology, PCR, and culture results from 7 cases of FISF*

		1st serum sample			2nd serum sample			Microbial detection of FISF agent by
Case	Location	Day after disease onset	SFG titer	TG titer	Day after disease onset	SFG titer	TG titer	Seropositivity	Seroconversion	PCR	Culture
1	Port Wilunga; SA	14	128	<128	190	256	<128	+	–	+	+
2	Darnley Is; QLD	8	256	<128	186	512	<128	+	–	+	+
3	Darnley Is; QLD	3	<128	<128	179	<128	<128	–	–	+	+
4	Yam Is; QLD	5	<128	<128	515	<128	<128	–	–	+	+
5	Innisfail; QLD	7	<128	<128	17	4,096	2,048	+	+	+	+
6	Launceston, TAS	34	256	128	60	256	128	+	–	+†	–
7	Iron Range; QLD	5	<128	<128	18	1,024	<128	+	+	+‡	ND

*FISF, Flinders Island spotted fever; SFG, spotted fever group; TG, typhus group; SA, Is, island; South Australia; QLD, Queensland, TAS, Tasmania; ND: Not done.
†PCR positive at both 34 and 60 d after disease onset.
^‡Performed on serum and real-time PCR positive only.

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