The First Human Case of Rickettsia tamurae Infection in Japan

• প্রধান লেখক: Kaoru Imaoka (লেখক), Sakae Kaneko (লেখক), Kenji Tabara (লেখক), Kenji Kusatake (লেখক), Eishin Morita (লেখক)
• বিন্যাস: গ্রন্থ
• প্রকাশিত: Karger Publishers, 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• বিষয়গুলি: article
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A case of Rickettsia tamurae infection in Japan is reported. A 76-year-old Japanese male had a tick bite which developed to local skin inflammation on his left leg. Anti-rickettsia antibodies were detected in his serum, and R. tamurae DNA was identified in his blood, the lesional skin, and the tick.