Japanese Spotted Fever in Eastern China, 2013

We isolated Rickettsia japonica from a febrile patient in Lu’an City, China, in 2013. Subsequently, we found an R. japonica seroprevalence of 54.8% (494/902) in the rural population of Anhui Province and an R. japonica prevalence in Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks of 0.5% (5/935). R. japonica and it...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Li, Jiabin, Hu, Wen, Wu, Ting, Li, Hong-Bin, Hu, Wanfu, Sun, Yong, Chen, Zhen, Shi, Yonglin, Zong, Jia, Latif, Adams, Wang, Linding, Yu, Li, Yu, Xue-Jie, Liu, Bo-Yu, Liu, Yan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6199993/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30334711
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2411.170264
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Sumario:We isolated Rickettsia japonica from a febrile patient in Lu’an City, China, in 2013. Subsequently, we found an R. japonica seroprevalence of 54.8% (494/902) in the rural population of Anhui Province and an R. japonica prevalence in Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks of 0.5% (5/935). R. japonica and its tick vector exist in China.

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