TY - JOUR AU - Teng, Zhongqiu AU - Gong, Ping AU - Wang, Wen AU - Zhao, Na AU - Jin, Xiaojing AU - Sun, Xiangrong AU - Zhou, Haijian AU - Lu, Junlin AU - Lin, Xuebing AU - Wen, Bohai AU - Kan, Biao AU - Xu, Jianguo AU - Qin, Tian T1 - Clinical Forms of Japanese Spotted Fever from Case-Series Study, Zigui County, Hubei Province, China, 2021 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2023 VL - 29 IS - 1 SP - 202 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We report a case-series study of 5 patients with Japanese spotted fever from the Three Gorges Area in China, including 1 fatal case. Seroprevalence of Rickettsia japonica was ≈21% among the local population. Our report highlights the emerging potential threat to human health of Japanese spotted fever in the area. KW - Rickettsia japonica KW - Japanese spotted fever KW - vector-borne infections KW - tickborne illnesses KW - rickettsia KW - febrile illnesses KW - fatal outcomes KW - cytokines KW - China KW - bacteria DO - 10.3201/eid2901.220639 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/1/22-0639_article ER - End of Reference