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Co-infection with Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus and Rickettsia japonica after Tick Bite,Japan |
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| Authors: | Tatsuya Fujikawa Tomoki Yoshikawa Takeshi Kurosu Masayuki Shimojima Masayuki Saijo Kyoko Yokota |
| Affiliation: | Mitoyo General Hospital, Kanonji, Japan (T. Fujikawa);National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan (T. Yoshikawa, T. Kurosu, M. Shimojima, M. Saijo);Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital, Takamatsu, Japan (K. Yokota) |
| Abstract: | Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome was diagnosed in a febrile woman in Japan after a tick bite. However, Rickettsia japonica DNA was retrospectively detected in the eschar specimen, suggesting co-infection from the bite. Establishment of the severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus infection might have overpowered the R. japonica infection. |
| Keywords: | severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus Japanese spotted fever tickborne infectious diseases co-infection rickettsia vector-borne infections bacteria Japan Rickettsia japonica viruses |