Rickettsia japonica Infections in Humans, Zhejiang Province, China, 2015

Abstract

We investigated 16 Japanese spotted fever cases that occurred in southeastern China during September–October 2015. Patients had fever, rash, eschar, and lymphadenopathy. We confirmed 9 diagnoses and obtained 2 isolates with high identity to Rickettsia japonica strain YH. R. japonica infection should be considered for febrile patients in China.

Keywords

• spotted fever group rickettsiae
• Rickettsia japonica
• human infection
• fever
• rash
• lymphadenopathy