Human Rickettsia heilongjiangensis Infection, Japan

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 geograph...

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Autores principales: 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
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3298298/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20678332
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1608.100049
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Sumario: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.

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