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Natural Mediterranean Spotted Fever Foci, Qingdao, China

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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 28, Issue 12, Pages 2524-2527

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CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION
DOI: 10.3201/eid2812.221097

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  1. National Natural Science Funds of China [81971939]

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A natural Mediterranean spotted fever focus was found in rural areas of East China, and the range of R. conorii could be expanding.
We sequenced DNA from spleens of rodents captured in rural areas of Qingdao, East China, during 2013-2015. We found 1 Apodemus agrarius mouse infected with Rickettsia conorii, indicating a natural Mediterranean spotted fever foci exists in East China and that the range of R. conorii could be expanding.

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