TY - JOUR AU - Li, Hao AU - Cui, Xiao-Ming AU - Cui, Ning AU - Yang, Zhen-Dong AU - Hu, Jian-Gong AU - Fan, Ya-Di AU - Fan, Xue-Juan AU - Zhang, Lan AU - Zhang, Pan-He AU - Cao, Wu-Chun AU - Fang, Li-Qun T1 - Human Infection with Novel Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia Genotype, China, 2015 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2016 VL - 22 IS - 12 SP - 2153 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Only 4 species of spotted fever group rickettsiae have been detected in humans in China. However, phylogenetic analysis of samples from 5 ill patients in China indicated infection with a novel spotted fever group Rickettsia, designated Rickettsia sp. XY99. Clinical signs resembled those of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome. KW - Spotted fever group rickettsiae KW - rickettsiosis KW - rickettsia KW - human infection KW - ticks KW - vector-borne infections KW - China DO - 10.3201/eid2212.160962 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/12/16-0962_article ER - End of Reference