Human Infection with Novel Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia Genotype, China, 2015

Only 4 species of spotted fever group rickettsiae have been detected in humans in China. However, phylogenetic analysis of samples from 5 ill patients in China indicated infection with a novel spotted fever group Rickettsia, designated Rickettsia sp. XY99. Clinical signs resembled those of severe fe...

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Autores principales: Li, Hao, Cui, Xiao-Ming, Cui, Ning, Yang, Zhen-Dong, Hu, Jian-Gong, Fan, Ya-Di, Fan, Xue-Juan, Zhang, Lan, Zhang, Pan-He, Liu, Wei, Cao, Wu-Chun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5189162/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27869588
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2212.160962
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Sumario:Only 4 species of spotted fever group rickettsiae have been detected in humans in China. However, phylogenetic analysis of samples from 5 ill patients in China indicated infection with a novel spotted fever group Rickettsia, designated Rickettsia sp. XY99. Clinical signs resembled those of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome.

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