Human Rickettsia heilongjiangensis Infection, Japan

Autor: Ichiro Takajo, Masahiro Kurosawa, Akiko Sakata, Hiromi Fujita, Katsurou Sakai, Masao Sekine, Masanori Katsumi, Wakana Saitou, Yasuhiro Yano, Nobuhiro Takada, Ai Takano, Hiroki Kawabata, Nozomu Hanaoka, Haruo Watanabe, Ichiro Kurane, Toshio Kishimoto
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 16, Iss 8, Pp 1306-1308 (2010)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid1608.100049
Popis: 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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