Human Infections with Rickettsia raoultii, China

Abstract

We used molecular methods to identify Rickettsia raoultii infections in 2 persons in China. These persons had localized rashes around sites of tick bites. R. raoultii DNA was detected in 4% of Dermacentor silvarum ticks collected in the same area of China and in 1 feeding tick detached from 1 patient.

Keywords

• Rickettsia raoultii
• rickettsia
• human infections
• ticks
• Dermacentor silvarum
• China