The First Human Case of Rickettsia tamurae Infection in Japan

• Հիմնական հեղինակներ: Kaoru Imaoka (Հեղինակ), Sakae Kaneko (Հեղինակ), Kenji Tabara (Հեղինակ), Kenji Kusatake (Հեղինակ), Eishin Morita (Հեղինակ)
• Ձևաչափ: Գիրք
• Հրապարակվել է: Karger Publishers, 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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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.