The First Human Case of Rickettsia tamurae Infection in Japan

• Үндсэн зохиолчид: Kaoru Imaoka (Зохиогч), Sakae Kaneko (Зохиогч), Kenji Tabara (Зохиогч), Kenji Kusatake (Зохиогч), Eishin Morita (Зохиогч)
• Формат: Ном
• Хэвлэсэн: 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.