TY - JOUR
AU - Xu, Nannan
AU - Gai, Wei
AU - Zhang, Yan
AU - Wang, Wei
AU - Wang, Gang
AU - Dasch, Gregory
AU - Eremeeva, Marina
T1 - Confirmation of Rickettsia conorii Subspecies indica Infection by Next-Generation Sequencing, Shandong, China
T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal
PY - 2021
VL - 27
IS - 10
SP - 2691
SN - 1080-6059
AB -
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.
KW - Rickettsia conorii
KW - Rickettsia conorii Subspecies indica
KW - next-generation sequencing
KW - vector-borne infections
KW - rickettsia
KW - Shandong Province
KW - China
KW - bacteria
DO - 10.3201/eid2710.204764
UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/10/20-4764_article
ER - End of Reference