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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 27, Issue 5, Pages 1530-1532Publisher
CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION
DOI: 10.3201/eid2705.203265
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- National Science and Technology Major Projects on Infectious Disease Control and prevention [2018ZX10714-002]
- National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention at the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [13103110200015003]
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A case of Ricke ttsia sibirica subspecies sibirica BJ-90 infection in China was identified through metagenomic analysis of an eschar biopsy specimen, with a seroprevalence of spotted fever group Ricke ttsia at approximately 17.4% among the local population. This report emphasizes the threat of rickettsioses to public health in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
A case of Ricke ttsia sibirica subspecies sibirica BJ-90 infection in China was identified by metagenomic analysis of an eschar biopsy specimen and confirmed by nested PCR. Seroprevalence of spotted fever group Ricke ttsia was approximate to 17.4% among the local population. This report highlights the threat of rickettsioses to public health in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
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