Japanese Spotted Fever in Eastern China, 2013

Japanese Spotted Fever in Eastern China, 2013

We isolated Rickettsia japonica from a febrile patient in Lu’an City, China, in 2013. Subsequently, we found an R. japonica seroprevalence of 54.8% (494/902) in the rural population of Anhui Province and an R. japonica prevalence in Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks of 0.5% (5/935). R. japonica and it...

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Main Authors: Jiabin Li, Wen Hu, Ting Wu, Hong-Bin Li, Wanfu Hu, Yong Sun, Zhen Chen, Yonglin Shi, Jia Zong, Adams Latif, Linding Wang, Li Yu, Xue-Jie Yu, Yan Liu, Bo-Yu Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Rickettsia japonica
Japanese spotted fever
Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks
rash
fever
China
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/11/17-0264_article

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