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SUBMITTER: Lu Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6200003 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lu Qunying Q Yu Jianping J Yu Liqun L Zhang Yanjun Y Chen Yitao Y Lin Meiai M Fang Xiaofei X
Emerging infectious diseases 20181101 11
We investigated 16 Japanese spotted fever cases that occurred in southeastern China during September-October 2015. Patients had fever, rash, eschar, and lymphadenopathy. We confirmed 9 diagnoses and obtained 2 isolates with high identity to Rickettsia japonica strain YH. R. japonica infection should be considered for febrile patients in China. ...[more]