Severe Case of Rickettsiosis Identified by Metagenomic Sequencing, China
Zhongqiu Teng
1, Yan Shi
1, Yao Peng
1, Huayi Zhang, Xia Luo, Xinchang Lun, Lianxu Xia, Yuanhai You, Zhenpeng Li, Wen Zhang, Ying Zhang, Shicun Dong, Wentao Guo, Biao Kan, Bo Pang, Jianguo Xu, and Aiping Qin
Author affiliations: National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China (Z. Teng, Y. Peng, X. Luo, X. Lun, L. Xia, Y. You, Z. Li, W. Zhang, B. Kan, B. Pang, J. Xu, A. Qin); Qinghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Xining, China (Y. Shi, H. Zhang, S. Dong); Baotou Medical College, Baotou, China (Y. Zhang); Institute of Endemic Diseases of Qinghai, Xining (W. Guo)
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Table
Homology of 266 identified rickettsial unique reads shared by Rickettsia species, China*
% Identity |
No. reads
|
BJ-90 |
R. sibirica 246† |
HA-91‡ |
R. heilongjiangensis‡ |
100 |
226 |
213 |
153 |
48 |
99 |
25 |
35 |
76 |
65 |
98 |
6 |
9 |
19 |
46 |
1–97 |
9 |
9 |
17 |
102 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
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