Co-infection with Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus and Rickettsia japonica after Tick Bite, Japan

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome
• severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus
• Japanese spotted fever
• tickborne infectious diseases
• co-infection
• rickettsia