Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2022)
Natural Mediterranean Spotted Fever Foci, Qingdao, China
Abstract
We sequenced DNA from spleens of rodents captured in rural areas of Qingdao, East China, during 2013–2015. We found 1 Apodemus agrarius mouse infected with Rickettsia conorii, indicating a natural Mediterranean spotted fever foci exists in East China and that the range of R. conorii could be expanding.
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