Rickettsia japonica Infection after Land Leech Bite, Japan

Emerging Infectious Diseases

关键词: Japanese spotted fever;    Rickettsia;    scrub typhus;    Orientia tsutsugamushi;    leech;    Rickettsia japonica;   

DOI  :  10.3201/eid2506.181985

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

We report a case of Rickettsia japonica infection in an 81-year-old man in central Japan. The patient had fever, rash, and an eschar but no evidence of a tick bite. His symptoms began 8 days after a land leech bite. The land leech is a potential vector of R. japonica.

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