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

Journal

EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 22, Issue 12, Pages 2153-2156

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CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL
DOI: 10.3201/eid2212.160962

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  1. Natural Science Foundation of China [81222037, 81290344, 81130086, 81472005]

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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.

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