Spotted fever group rickettsiae (SFGR) detection in ticks following reported human case of Japanese spotted fever in Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Spotted fever group rickettsiae (SFGR) detection in ticks following reported human case of Japanese spotted fever in Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Abstract Japanese spotted fever, a tick-borne disease caused by Rickettsia japonica, was firstly described in southwestern Japan. There was a suspicion of Rickettsia japonica infected ticks reaching the non-endemic Niigata Prefecture after a confirmed case of Japanese spotted fever in July 2014. The...

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Main Authors: Reiko Arai, Megumi Sato, Miwako Kato, Junko Aoki, Akiko Nishida, Kaori Watanabe, Chika Hirokawa, Sumire Ikeda, Kozo Watanabe, Maria Angenica F. Regilme, Marcello Otake Sato, Tsutomu Tamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81587-9

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