Publications

isolation of an agent of the spotted fever group rickettsia from tick eggs in madrid, spain.	ticks recovered from dogs in rural villages around madrid (spain) were processed to isolate rickettsiae. one sample containing mixtures of ticks and four containing eggs, in which rickettsiae had been detected by indirect immunofluorescence with a human serum highly reactive to rickettsia conorii, were decontaminated, homogenized and inoculated onto vero cells. two egg samples yielded a cytopathic agent that reacted positively by immunofluorescence. one sample (14h) was successfully subcultured ...	1992	1601085
epidemiological study of rickettsial infections in patients with hypertransaminemia in madrid (spain).	a retrospective analysis was performed to detect anti-rickettsial antibodies in the serum of patients with hypertransaminemia of unknown etiology, and in that of healthy members of the general population of madrid (spain). among 143 patients 16 (11.2%) were positive for anti-r. conorii igg antibodies and 7% for r. typhi. pcr analysis was performed in patients with igm antibodies. among 143 healthy subjects from the general population, seven (4.9%) were positive for anti-r. conorii igg antibodies ...	2009	20054452