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Mediterranean spotted fever-like illness (MSF-like illness) is a tick-borne disease caused by first reported in France more than 25 years ago. Until today, more than 50 cases of MSF-like illness have been reported in different regions of Europe and Africa, highlighting variable clinical manifestation. Here we report a case of MSF-like illness following a bite from a tick in the Skopje region of North Macedonia.

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Mediterranean spotted fever-like illness caused by Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae, North Macedonia, June 2022
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Dejan+Jakimovski&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Jakimovski Dejan</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Sofija+Mateska&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Mateska Sofija</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Verica+Simin&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Simin Verica</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Ivana+Bogdan&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Bogdan Ivana</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Dragana+Mijatovi%C4%87&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Mijatović Dragana</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Agust%C3%ADn+Estrada-Pe%C3%B1a&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Estrada-Peña Agustín</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Lourdes+Mateos-Hern%C3%A1ndez&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Mateos-Hernández Lourdes</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Ang%C3%A9lique+Foucault-Simonin&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Foucault-Simonin Angélique</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Sara+Moutailler&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Moutailler Sara</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Alejandro+Cabezas-Cruz&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Cabezas-Cruz Alejandro</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Pavle+Banovi%C4%87&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Banović Pavle</a></span>. Mediterranean spotted fever-like illness caused by Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae, North Macedonia, June 2022. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2022;27(42):pii=2200735. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.42.2200735" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.42.2200735</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 16 Sept 2022;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 19 Oct 2022 </span> </p>
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