Human Rickettsia heilongjiangensis Infection, Japan

Human Rickettsia heilongjiangensis Infection, Japan

A case of Rickettsia heilongjiangensis infection in Japan was identified in a 35-year-old man who had rash, fever, and eschars. Serum contained R. heilongjiangensis antibodies, and eschars contained R. heilongjiangensis DNA. R. heilongjiangensis was also isolated from ticks in the suspected geograph...

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Main Authors: Ichiro Takajo, Masahiro Kurosawa, Akiko Sakata, Hiromi Fujita, Katsurou Sakai, Masao Sekine, Masanori Katsumi, Wakana Saitou, Yasuhiro Yano, Nobuhiro Takada, Ai Takano, Hiroki Kawabata, Nozomu Hanaoka, Haruo Watanabe, Ichiro Kurane, Toshio Kishimoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-08-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
vector-borne infections
Rickettsia heilongjiangensis
Rickettsia japonica
Haemaphysalis concinna
ticks
spotted fever group rickettsiae
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/8/10-0049_article

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