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Emerg Infect Dis
; 16(8): 1306-8, 2010 Aug.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20678332
ABSTRACT
A case of Rickettsia heilongjiangensis infection in Japan was identified in a 35-year-old man who had rash, fever, and eschars. Serum contained R. heilongjiangensis antibodies, and eschars contained R. heilongjiangensis DNA. R. heilongjiangensis was also isolated from ticks in the suspected geographic area of infection.