Rickettsia japonica Infections in Humans, Zhejiang Province, China, 2015

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Lu, Qunying ; Yu, Jianping ; Yu, Liqun ; Zhang, Yanjun ; Chen, Yitao ; Lin, Meiai ; Fang, Xiaofei
• Description:
  We investigated 16 Japanese spotted fever cases that occurred in southeastern China during September-October 2015. Patients had fever, rash, eschar, and lymphadenopathy. We confirmed 9 diagnoses and obtained 2 isolates with high identity to Rickettsia japonica strain YH. R. japonica infection should be considered for febrile patients in China.
• Subjects:
  Adult Aged Animals Anti-Bacterial Agents Azithromycin Dispatch Doxycycline Female Humans Lymphadenopathy Male Middle Aged Rickettsia Rickettsia Infections Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis Ticks Treatment Outcome

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 24(11):2077-2079
• Pubmed ID:
  30334710
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6200003
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  China
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d4d2acf9f6f4a741d18a621641044e3234844dd6ed5cd5a11944897fe2a815d1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/60372/cdc_60372_DS1.pdf
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