Human Rickettsia heilongjiangensis Infection, Japan

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Ando, Shuji ; Kurosawa, Masahiro ; Sakata, Akiko ; Fujita, Hiromi ; Sakai, Katsurou ; Sekine, Masao ; Katsumi, Masanori ; Saitou, Wakana ; Yano, Yasuhiro ; Takada, Nobuhiro ; Takano, Ai ; Kawabata, Hiroki ; Hanaoka, Nozomu ; Watanabe, Haruo ; Kurane, Ichiro ; Kishimoto, Toshio
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• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
  • Base Sequence
  • Citrate (Si)-Synthase
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Humans
  • Insect Vectors
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 16(8):1306-1308.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Japan
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18213/cdc_18213_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 160.33 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0b95a56df63525a69efc8c396fb2cf137421ed760f2a41e6764b28d677bc6992