Rickettsia japonica Infections in Humans, Zhejiang Province, China, 2015

Rickettsia japonica Infections in Humans, Zhejiang Province, China, 2015

We investigated 16 Japanese spotted fever cases that occurred in southeastern China during September–October 2015. Patients had fever, rash, eschar, and lymphadenopathy. We confirmed 9 diagnoses and obtained 2 isolates with high identity to Rickettsia japonica strain YH. R. japonica infection should...

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Main Authors: Qunying Lu, Jianping Yu, Liqun Yu, Yanjun Zhang, Yitao Chen, Meiai Lin, Xiaofei Fang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
spotted fever group rickettsiae
Rickettsia japonica
human infection
fever
rash
lymphadenopathy
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/11/17-0044_article

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