Confirmation of Rickettsia conorii Subspecies indica Infection by Next-Generation Sequencing, Shandong, China
- Nannan Xu
- Wei Gai
- Yan Zhang
- Wei Wang
- Gang Wang
- Gregory A. Dasch
- Marina E. Eremeeva
Publication date
October 2021
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
We describe 3 similar cases of rickettsial disease that occurred after tick bites in a mountainous rural area of Shandong Province, China. Next-generation sequencing indicated the etiologic agent of 1 patient was Rickettsia conorii subspecies indica. This agent may be more widely distributed across China than previously thought
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