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- Title
Rickettsia japonica Infection after Land Leech Bite, Japan.
- Authors
Eiichiro Sando; Motoi Suzuki; Mitsuya Katayama; Masakatsu Taira; Hiromi Fujita; Koya Ariyoshi; Sando, Eiichiro; Suzuki, Motoi; Katayama, Mitsuya; Taira, Masakatsu; Fujita, Hiromi; Ariyoshi, Koya
- Abstract
We report a case of Rickettsia japonica infection in an 81-year-old man in central Japan. The patient had fever, rash, and an eschar but no evidence of a tick bite. His symptoms began 8 days after a land leech bite. The land leech is a potential vector of R. japonica.
- Subjects
JAPAN; RICKETTSIA; LEECHES; INFECTION; LAND use; FEVER; RICKETTSIAL disease diagnosis; BITES &; stings; EXANTHEMA; FLUORESCENT antibody technique; POLYMERASE chain reaction; RICKETTSIAL diseases; SYMPTOMS; INFECTIOUS disease transmission
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019, Vol 25, Issue 6, p1243
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
case study
- DOI
10.3201/eid2506.181985