Clinical Forms of Japanese Spotted Fever from Case-Series Study, Zigui County, Hubei Province, China, 2021

We report a case-series study of 5 patients with Japanese spotted fever from the Three Gorges Area in China, including 1 fatal case. Seroprevalence of Rickettsia japonica was ≈21% among the local population. Our report highlights the emerging potential threat to human health of Japanese spotted feve...

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Autores principales: Teng, Zhongqiu, Gong, Ping, Wang, Wen, Zhao, Na, Jin, Xiaojing, Sun, Xiangrong, Zhou, Haijian, Lu, Junlin, Lin, Xuebing, Wen, Bohai, Kan, Biao, Xu, Jianguo, Qin, Tian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9796216/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36573633
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2901.220639
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Sumario:We report a case-series study of 5 patients with Japanese spotted fever from the Three Gorges Area in China, including 1 fatal case. Seroprevalence of Rickettsia japonica was ≈21% among the local population. Our report highlights the emerging potential threat to human health of Japanese spotted fever in the area.

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