TY - JOUR AU - Fujikawa, Tatsuya AU - Yoshikawa, Tomoki AU - Kurosu, Takeshi AU - Shimojima, Masayuki AU - Saijo, Masayuki AU - Yokota, Kyoko T1 - Co-infection with Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus and Rickettsia japonica after Tick Bite, Japan T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2021 VL - 27 IS - 4 SP - 1247 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome was diagnosed in a febrile woman in Japan after a tick bite. However, Rickettsia japonica DNA was retrospectively detected in the eschar specimen, suggesting co-infection from the bite. Establishment of the severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus infection might have overpowered the R. japonica infection. KW - severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome KW - severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus KW - Japanese spotted fever KW - tickborne infectious diseases KW - co-infection KW - rickettsia KW - vector-borne infections KW - bacteria KW - Japan KW - Rickettsia japonica KW - viruses DO - 10.3201/eid2704.203610 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/4/20-3610_article ER - End of Reference