Rickettsia japonica Infections in Humans, Zhejiang Province, China, 2015

We investigated 16 Japanese spotted fever cases that occurred in southeastern China during September–October 2015. Patients had fever, rash, eschar, and lymphadenopathy. We confirmed 9 diagnoses and obtained 2 isolates with high identity to Rickettsia japonica strain YH. R. japonica infection should...

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Autores principales: Lu, Qunying, Yu, Jianping, Yu, Liqun, Zhang, Yanjun, Chen, Yitao, Lin, Meiai, Fang, Xiaofei
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6200003/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30334710
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2411.170044
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author Lu, Qunying
Yu, Jianping
Yu, Liqun
Zhang, Yanjun
Chen, Yitao
Lin, Meiai
Fang, Xiaofei
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Yu, Liqun
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Chen, Yitao
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description We investigated 16 Japanese spotted fever cases that occurred in southeastern China during September–October 2015. Patients had fever, rash, eschar, and lymphadenopathy. We confirmed 9 diagnoses and obtained 2 isolates with high identity to Rickettsia japonica strain YH. R. japonica infection should be considered for febrile patients in China.
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spelling pubmed-62000032018-11-08 Rickettsia japonica Infections in Humans, Zhejiang Province, China, 2015 Lu, Qunying Yu, Jianping Yu, Liqun Zhang, Yanjun Chen, Yitao Lin, Meiai Fang, Xiaofei Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We investigated 16 Japanese spotted fever cases that occurred in southeastern China during September–October 2015. Patients had fever, rash, eschar, and lymphadenopathy. We confirmed 9 diagnoses and obtained 2 isolates with high identity to Rickettsia japonica strain YH. R. japonica infection should be considered for febrile patients in China. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6200003/ /pubmed/30334710 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2411.170044 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Lu, Qunying
Yu, Jianping
Yu, Liqun
Zhang, Yanjun
Chen, Yitao
Lin, Meiai
Fang, Xiaofei
Rickettsia japonica Infections in Humans, Zhejiang Province, China, 2015
title Rickettsia japonica Infections in Humans, Zhejiang Province, China, 2015
title_full Rickettsia japonica Infections in Humans, Zhejiang Province, China, 2015
title_fullStr Rickettsia japonica Infections in Humans, Zhejiang Province, China, 2015
title_full_unstemmed Rickettsia japonica Infections in Humans, Zhejiang Province, China, 2015
title_short Rickettsia japonica Infections in Humans, Zhejiang Province, China, 2015
title_sort rickettsia japonica infections in humans, zhejiang province, china, 2015
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6200003/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30334710
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2411.170044
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