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Volume 26, Number 5—May 2020
Dispatch

Candidatus Rickettsia xinyangensis as Cause of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis, Xinyang, China, 2015

Hao Li1Comments to Author , Xiao-Mei Li1, Juan Du, Xiao-Ai Zhang, Ning Cui, Zhen-Dong Yang, Xiao-Jia Xue, Pan-He Zhang, Wu-Chun Cao, and Wei LiuComments to Author 
Author affiliations: State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China (H. Li, J. Du, X.-A. Zhang, P.-H. Zhang, W.-C. Cao, W. Liu); ShanDong First Medical University and ShanDong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai’an, China (X.-M. Li, X.-J. Xue); People’s Liberation Army 154 Hospital, Xinyang, China (N. Cui, Z.-D. Yang); Beijing Key Laboratory of Vector Borne and Natural Focus Infectious Diseases, Beijing (W. Liu)

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Table

Epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of 3 patients with Candidatus Rickettsia xinyangensis (XY118) infection, China, 2015*

Characteristics Patient no.
1 2 3
Age, y 42 63 24
Sex F M M
History of tick bite Yes No Yes
Time from tick bite to disease onset, d 7 NA 7
Time from disease onset to hospital admission, d 3 4 5
No. days hospitalization
 4
 9
 5
Signs and symptoms
Fever Yes Yes Yes
Highest temperature, °C 38.6 38.9 39.0
Dizziness No Yes No
Asthenia Yes Yes Yes
Myalgia No No Yes
Eschar Yes No Yes
Lymphadenopathy No No Yes
Anorexia Yes Yes Yes
Nausea No Yes No
Cough No Yes No
Rash No No No

*NA, not applicable.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this work.

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