Human infections with Rickettsia raoultii, China

Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 May;20(5):866-8. doi: 10.3201/eid2005.130995.

Abstract

We used molecular methods to identify Rickettsia raoultii infections in 2 persons in China. These persons had localized rashes around sites of tick bites. R. raoultii DNA was detected in 4% of Dermacentor silvarum ticks collected in the same area of China and in 1 feeding tick detached from 1 patient.

Keywords: China; Dermacentor silvarum; Rickettsia raoultii; human infections; rickettsia; ticks; vector-borne infections.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / immunology
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Phylogeny
  • Rickettsia / classification*
  • Rickettsia / genetics*
  • Rickettsia / immunology
  • Rickettsia Infections / diagnosis
  • Rickettsia Infections / microbiology*
  • Rickettsia Infections / transmission
  • Tick Bites / microbiology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • Bacterial Proteins