High Seroprevalence for Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae, Is Associated with Higher Temperatures and Rural Environment in Mbeya Region, Southwestern Tanzania

Norbert Heinrich; Tatjana Dill; Gerhard Dobler; Petra Clowes; Inge Kroidl; Mandy Starke; Nyanda Elias Ntinginya; Leonard Maboko; Thomas Löscher; Michael Hoelscher; Elmar Saathoff

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003626

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High Seroprevalence for Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae, Is Associated with Higher Temperatures and Rural Environment in Mbeya Region, Southwestern Tanzania

Norbert Heinrich ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Norbert Heinrich, Tatjana Dill

* E-mail: heinrich@lrz.uni-muenchen.de

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Munich partner site, Munich, Germany
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Tatjana Dill ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Norbert Heinrich, Tatjana Dill

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany
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Gerhard Dobler,

Affiliations Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany; DZIF German Center for Infection Research, Munich partner site, Munich, Germany, German Partnership Program for Excellence in Biological and Health Security, Munich, Germany
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Petra Clowes,

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany, NIMR-Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Mbeya, Tanzania
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Inge Kroidl,

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany, NIMR-Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Mbeya, Tanzania
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Mandy Starke,

Affiliations German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Munich partner site, Munich, Germany, Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany; DZIF German Center for Infection Research, Munich partner site, Munich, Germany, German Partnership Program for Excellence in Biological and Health Security, Munich, Germany
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Nyanda Elias Ntinginya,

Affiliation NIMR-Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Mbeya, Tanzania
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Leonard Maboko,

Affiliation NIMR-Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Mbeya, Tanzania
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Thomas Löscher,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany
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Michael Hoelscher,

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Munich partner site, Munich, Germany, NIMR-Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Mbeya, Tanzania
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Elmar Saathoff

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Munich partner site, Munich, Germany
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High Seroprevalence for Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae, Is Associated with Higher Temperatures and Rural Environment in Mbeya Region, Southwestern Tanzania

Norbert Heinrich,
Tatjana Dill,
Gerhard Dobler,
Petra Clowes,
Inge Kroidl,
Mandy Starke,
Nyanda Elias Ntinginya,
Leonard Maboko,
Thomas Löscher,
Michael Hoelscher

Published: April 7, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003626

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