Fig 1.
Standard curves constructed for the four quantitative PCRs.
Fig 2.
Geographic distribution of patients with rickettsioses hospitalized in the three medical centers (Sfax, Sousse and Zarzis).
The size of circles and triangles is related to the number of patients diagnosed. SFGR: spotted fever group rickettsioses, TGR: typhus group rickettsioses.
Table 1.
Positivity of qPCR according to serologic status among patients with confirmed diagnosis.