Distinguishing Japanese Spotted Fever and Scrub Typhus, Central Japan, 2004– 2015

Distinguishing Japanese Spotted Fever and Scrub Typhus, Central Japan, 2004– 2015

Japanese spotted fever (JSF) and scrub typhus (ST) are endemic to Japan and share similar clinical features. To document the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics that distinguish these 2 rickettsial diseases, during 2004–2015 we recruited 31 JSF patients, 188 ST patients, and 97 nonrickettsial...

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Main Authors: Eiichiro Sando, Motoi Suzuki, Shungo Katoh, Hiromi Fujita, Masakatsu Taira, Makito Yaegashi, Koya Ariyoshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Japanese spotted fever
scrub typhus
tsutsugamushi disease
Orientia tsutsugamushi
Rickettsia japonica
Rickettsia
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/9/17-1436_article

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