Human Infection with Novel Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia Genotype, China, 2015.

ABSTRACT: Only 4 species of spotted fever group rickettsiae have been detected in humans in China. However, phylogenetic analysis of samples from 5 ill patients in China indicated infection with a novel spotted fever group Rickettsia, designated Rickettsia sp. XY99. Clinical signs resembled those of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome.

SUBMITTER: Li H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5189162 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature