<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Niang, M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Brouqui, Philippe</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Raoult, Didier</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Epidemic typhus imported from Algeria</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Emerging Infectious Diseases</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">rickettsioses; diseases; fever</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1999</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">716-718</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">We report epidemic typhus in a French patient returning from Algeria. The diagnosis was confirmed by serologic testing and the isolation of Rickettsia prowazekii in blood. Initially the patient was thought to have typhoid fever. Because body lice are prevalent in industrialized regions, the introduction of typhus to pediculosis-endemic areas poses a serious public health risk.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></issue><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">37974</style></accession-num><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal</style></notes></record></records></xml>