Spotted fever group rickettsiae (SFGR) detection in ticks following reported human case of Japanese spotted fever in Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Abstract Japanese spotted fever, a tick-borne disease caused by Rickettsia japonica, was firstly described in southwestern Japan. There was a suspicion of Rickettsia japonica infected ticks reaching the non-endemic Niigata Prefecture after a confirmed case of Japanese spotted fever in July 2014. The...

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Main Authors: Reiko Arai, Megumi Sato, Miwako Kato, Junko Aoki, Akiko Nishida, Kaori Watanabe, Chika Hirokawa, Sumire Ikeda, Kozo Watanabe, Maria Angenica F. Regilme, Marcello Otake Sato, Tsutomu Tamura
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/e8ed518583f440afba40514d30f50fb1
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