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