Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Inner Mongolia, China, 2015–2016

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
   , Gaowa ;  , Wulantuya ; Yin, Xuhong ; Guo, Shengchun ; Ding, Chunlian ; Cao, Minzhi ; Kawabata, Hiroki ; Sato, Kozue ; Ando, Shuji ; Fujita, Hiromi ; Kawamori, Fumihiko ; Su, Hongru ; Shimada, Masahiko ; Shimamura, Yuko ; Masuda, Shuichi ; Ohashi, Norio
• Description:
  We found Rickettsia raoultii infection in 6/261 brucellosis-negative patients with fever of unknown origin in brucellosis-endemic Inner Mongolia, China. We further identified Hyalomma asiaticum ticks associated with R. raoultii, H. marginatum ticks associated with R. aeschlimannii, and Dermacentor nuttalli ticks associated with both rickettsiae species in the autonomous region.
• Subjects:
  Animals Arachnid Vectors Humans Ixodidae Rickettsia Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 24(11):2105-2107
• Pubmed ID:
  30334715
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6200000
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Letter
• Place as Subject:
  China
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c885189c49843b83367ae070dae947437273ee22f5bbc81ce66c33f7e3b6f83b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/60371/cdc_60371_DS1.pdf
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