The First Human Case of Rickettsia tamurae Infection in Japan

• मुख्य लेखकों: Kaoru Imaoka (लेखक), Sakae Kaneko (लेखक), Kenji Tabara (लेखक), Kenji Kusatake (लेखक), Eishin Morita (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Karger Publishers, 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: 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.