TY - JOUR AU - Gaowa, Gaowa AU - Wulantuya, Wulantuya AU - Yin, Xuhong AU - Guo, Shengchun AU - Ding, Chunlian AU - Cao, Minzhi AU - Kawabata, Hiroki AU - Sato, Kozue AU - Ando, Shuji AU - Fujita, Hiromi AU - Kawamori, Fumihiko AU - Su, Hongru AU - Shimada, Masahiko AU - Shimamura, Yuko AU - Masuda, Shuichi AU - Ohashi, Norio T1 - Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Inner Mongolia, China, 2015–2016 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2018 VL - 24 IS - 11 SP - 2105 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We found Rickettsia raoultii infection in 6/261 brucellosis-negative patients with fever of unknown origin in brucellosis-endemic Inner Mongolia, China. We further identified Hyalomma asiaticum ticks associated with R. raoultii, H. marginatum ticks associated with R. aeschlimannii, and Dermacentor nuttalli ticks associated with both rickettsiae species in the autonomous region. KW - Rickettsia KW - Rickettsia raoultii KW - Rickettsia aeschlimannii KW - Hyalomma asiaticum KW - Dermacentor nuttalli KW - Hyalomma marginatum KW - spotted fever group Rickettsia KW - gltA KW - 16S rDNA KW - human infection KW - vector-borne infections KW - Inner Mongolia KW - China KW - spotted fever group rickettsiae KW - bacteria KW - ticks DO - 10.3201/eid2411.162094 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/11/16-2094_article ER - End of Reference