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Rickettsia japonica Infection after Land Leech Bite, Japan

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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Publié dans:Emerg Infect Dis
Auteurs principaux: Sando, Eiichiro, Suzuki, Motoi, Katayama, Mitsuya, Taira, Masakatsu, Fujita, Hiromi, Ariyoshi, Koya
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6537741/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31107234
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2506.181985
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