The First Human Case of Rickettsia tamurae Infection in Japan

A case of Rickettsia tamurae infection in Japan is reported. A 76-year-old Japanese male had a tick bite which developed to local skin inflammation on his left leg. Anti-rickettsia antibodies were detected in his serum, and R. tamurae DNA was identified in his blood, the lesional skin, and the tick.

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Autores principales: Imaoka, Kaoru, Kaneko, Sakae, Tabara, Kenji, Kusatake, Kenji, Morita, Eishin
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2011
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Published: March, 2011
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3078220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21503163
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000326941
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author Imaoka, Kaoru
Kaneko, Sakae
Tabara, Kenji
Kusatake, Kenji
Morita, Eishin
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description A case of Rickettsia tamurae infection in Japan is reported. A 76-year-old Japanese male had a tick bite which developed to local skin inflammation on his left leg. Anti-rickettsia antibodies were detected in his serum, and R. tamurae DNA was identified in his blood, the lesional skin, and the tick.
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spelling pubmed-30782202011-04-18 The First Human Case of Rickettsia tamurae Infection in Japan Imaoka, Kaoru Kaneko, Sakae Tabara, Kenji Kusatake, Kenji Morita, Eishin Case Rep Dermatol Published: March, 2011 A case of Rickettsia tamurae infection in Japan is reported. A 76-year-old Japanese male had a tick bite which developed to local skin inflammation on his left leg. Anti-rickettsia antibodies were detected in his serum, and R. tamurae DNA was identified in his blood, the lesional skin, and the tick. S. Karger AG 2011-03-25 /pmc/articles/PMC3078220/ /pubmed/21503163 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000326941 Text en Copyright © 2011 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No-Derivative-Works License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions.
spellingShingle Published: March, 2011
Imaoka, Kaoru
Kaneko, Sakae
Tabara, Kenji
Kusatake, Kenji
Morita, Eishin
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title_fullStr The First Human Case of Rickettsia tamurae Infection in Japan
title_full_unstemmed The First Human Case of Rickettsia tamurae Infection in Japan
title_short The First Human Case of Rickettsia tamurae Infection in Japan
title_sort first human case of rickettsia tamurae infection in japan
topic Published: March, 2011
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3078220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21503163
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000326941
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