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Human Infections with Rickettsia raoultii,China |
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| Authors: | Na Jia Yuan-Chun Zheng Lan Ma Qiu-Bo Huo Xue-Bing Ni Bao-Gui Jiang Yan-Li Chu Rui-Ruo Jiang Jia-Fu Jiang Wu-Chun Cao |
| Affiliation: | Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China (N. Jia, L. Ma, W.-C. Cao); ;Mudanjiang Forestry Central Hospital, Mudanjiang, China (Y.-C. Zheng, Q.-B. Huo, Y.-L. Chu); ;State Key Laboratory of Pathogens and Biosecurity, Beijing (X.-B. Ni, B.-G. Jiang, R.-R. Jiang, J.-F. Jiang) |
| Abstract: | We used molecular methods to identify Rickettsia raoultii infections in 2 persons in China. These persons had localized rashes around sites of tick bites. R. raoultii DNA was detected in 4% of Dermacentor silvarum ticks collected in the same area of China and in 1 feeding tick detached from 1 patient. |
| Keywords: | Rickettsia raoultii rickettsia human infections ticks Dermacentor silvarum vector-borne infections China |