Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Nov;24(11):2107-2109. doi: 10.3201/eid2411.170264.
We isolated Rickettsia japonica from a febrile patient in Lu'an City, China, in 2013. Subsequently, we found an R. japonica seroprevalence of 54.8% (494/902) in the rural population of Anhui Province and an R. japonica prevalence in Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks of 0.5% (5/935). R. japonica and its tick vector exist in China.
我们于 2013 年从中国六安市的一名发热患者中分离到日本立克次体。随后,我们发现安徽省农村人群中日本立克次体血清阳性率为 54.8%(494/902),长角血蜱中日本立克次体的流行率为 0.5%(5/935)。中国存在日本立克次体及其传播媒介蜱。