Possible Case of Novel Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis in Traveler Returning to Japan from India

Possible Case of Novel Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis in Traveler Returning to Japan from India

A 60-year-old woman experienced fever, headache, rash, and altered vision after returning to Japan from India. Testing detected elevated antibody titers to spotted fever group rickettsia; PCR on blood yielded positive results for the rickettsial outer membrane protein A gene. We isolated a unique ri...

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Main Authors: Ichiro Takajo, Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Hiromi Fujita, Ayako Kawano, Takeshi Kawaguchi, Motohiro Matsuda, Kazuyoshi Kubo, Shunichi Miyauchi, Kunihiko Umekita, Yasuhiro Nagatomo, Makoto Kuroda, Tomohiko Takasaki, Akihiko Okayama, Shuji Ando
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
rickettsia
infectious disease
travel
genome
bacteria
bacterial infection
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/6/15-1985_article
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Summary:A 60-year-old woman experienced fever, headache, rash, and altered vision after returning to Japan from India. Testing detected elevated antibody titers to spotted fever group rickettsia; PCR on blood yielded positive results for the rickettsial outer membrane protein A gene. We isolated a unique rickettsial agent and performed a full-genome analysis.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059

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