Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2022)

Natural Mediterranean Spotted Fever Foci, Qingdao, China

  • Xiao-Lan Gu,
  • Rui Wang,
  • Chuan-Min Zhou,
  • Jiang-Tao Cui,
  • Ze-Min Li,
  • Ze-Zheng Jiang,
  • Bang Li,
  • Qiu-Ming Peng,
  • Wen-Kang Zhang,
  • Hui-Ju Han,
  • Xue-Jie Yu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2812.221097
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28, no. 12
pp. 2524 – 2527

Abstract

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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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