The First Human Case of Rickettsia tamurae Infection in Japan

• Hauptverfasser: Kaoru Imaoka (Verfasst von), Sakae Kaneko (Verfasst von), Kenji Tabara (Verfasst von), Kenji Kusatake (Verfasst von), Eishin Morita (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Karger Publishers, 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Schlagworte: article
• Online-Zugang: Connect to this object online.

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.