Japanese Spotted Fever, South Korea

Chung, Moon-Hyun; Lee, Seung-Hyun; Kim, Mi-Jeong; Lee, Jung-Hee; Kim, Eun-Sil; Lee, Jin-Soo; Kim, Mee-Kyung; Park, Mi-Yeoun; Kang, Jae-Seung

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Japanese Spotted Fever, South Korea

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Jul 2006
By Chung, Moon-Hyun ; Lee, Seung-Hyun ; Kim, Mi-Jeong ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Chung, Moon-Hyun ; Lee, Seung-Hyun ; Kim, Mi-Jeong ; Lee, Jung-Hee ; Kim, Eun-Sil ; Lee, Jin-Soo ; Kim, Mee-Kyung ; Park, Mi-Yeoun ; Kang, Jae-Seung
Description:

We describe the first case of Japanese spotted fever and the first isolate of spotted fever group rickettsia from a patient in South Korea. The isolated rickettsia from the patient was identified as Rickettsia japonica by analysis of the nucleotide sequences of 16S rRNA, gltA, ompA, ompB, and sca4 genes.
Subjects:

Aged Dispatch Humans Isolation Japanese Spotted Fever Male Phylogeny Rickettsia Rickettsia Infections Rickettsia Japonica
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 12(7):1122-1124.
Document Type:

Journal Article
Place as Subject:

Republic of Korea
Location:

Asia
Volume:

12
Issue:

7
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:1895f3aa4824cb9303fc23f58e3b21cee87a83341d73eeb1f8abd3b54d856137
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/16127/cdc_16127_DS1.pdf
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