Serologic Evidence of Human Exposure to Ehrlichiosis Agents in Japan

Serologic Evidence of Human Exposure to Ehrlichiosis Agents in Japan

In retrospective analyses, we report 3 febrile patients in Japan who had seroconversion to antibodies against Ehrlichia chaffeensis antigens detected by using an immunofluorescence and Western blot. Our results provide evidence of autochthonous human ehrlichiosis cases and indicate ehrlichiosis sho...

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Main Authors: Hongru Su, Kenji Kubo, Shigetoshi Sakabe, Shinsuke Mizuno, Nobuhiro Komiya, Shigehiro Akachi, Hiromi Fujita, Kozue Sato, Hiroki Kawabata, Hiromi Nagaoka, Shuji Ando, Norio Ohashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
ehrlichiosis
bacteria
parasites
vector-borne infections
zoonoses
Ehrlichia sp.
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/11/21-2566_article

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