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

oleh: Qunying Lu, Jianping Yu, Liqun Yu, Yanjun Zhang, Yitao Chen, Meiai Lin, Xiaofei Fang

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-11-01

Deskripsi

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.