Natural Mediterranean Spotted Fever Foci, Qingdao, China

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Gu, Xiao-Lan ; Wang, Rui ; Zhou, Chuan-Min ; Cui, Jiang-Tao ; Li, Ze-Min ; Jiang, Ze-Zheng ; Li, Bang ; Peng, Qiu-Ming ; Zhang, Wen-Kang ; Han, Hui-Ju ; Yu, Xue-Jie
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• Description:
  We sequenced DNA from spleens of rodents captured in rural areas of Qingdao, East China, during 2013-2015. We found 1 Apodemus agrarius mouse infected with Rickettsia conorii, indicating a natural Mediterranean spotted fever foci exists in East China and that the range of R. conorii could be expanding.
• Subjects:
  • Zoonoses
  • Vector-Borne Infections
  • Rodents
  • Apodemus Agrarius
  • Mouse
  • Indian Tick Typhus
  • Mice
  • Animals
  • Boutonneuse Fever
  • Rodentia
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(12):2524-2527
• Pubmed ID:
  36417960
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9707604
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Dispatch
• Place as Subject:
  China
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  12
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/123338/cdc_123338_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 723.75 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c1448580bfc7ef61ea6f106fa5216c18c67d6949a296625b07173002e020b6de