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- Title
Human Rickettsia heilongjiangensis Infection, Japan.
- Authors
Ando, Shuji; Kurosawa, Masahiro; Sakata, Akiko; Fujita, Hiromi; Sakai, Katsurou; Sekine, Masao; Katsumi, Masanori; Saitou, Wakana; Yano, Yasuhiro; Takada, Nobuhiro; Takano, Ai; Kawabata, Hiroki; Hanaoka, Nozomu; Watanabe, Haruo; Kurane, Ichiro; Kishimoto, Toshio
- Abstract
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 geographic area of infection.
- Subjects
JAPAN; RICKETTSIAL diseases; TICKS as carriers of disease; BACTERIAL diseases; COMMUNICABLE diseases; BLOOD testing
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010, Vol 16, Issue 8, p1306
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1608.100049