Rapmund G
J Infect Dis. 1984 Mar;149(3):330-8. doi: 10.1093/infdis/149.3.330.
The rickettsial disease of man found only in Asia is mite-borne (scrub) typhus, caused by Rickettsia tsutsugamushi. Unique to southern Japan is a little-known human mononucleosis-like disease caused by Rickettsia sennetsu. In 1981 and 1982, there was a remarkable resurgence in the number of reported cases of mite-borne typhus in Japan after some years of virtual absence. Recent studies of R sennetsu have resulted in its reclassification to the genus Ehrlichia, members of which until now have been exclusively pathogens of animals. The historical background of ecologic investigations, in Malaysia and elsewhere, of these two developments suggest directions for future research.
仅在亚洲发现的人类立克次体病是由恙虫病立克次体引起的螨传（丛林）斑疹伤寒。日本南部特有一种鲜为人知的由赛尼茨立克次体引起的人类单核细胞增多症样疾病。1981年和1982年，在实际上已绝迹数年之后，日本报告的螨传斑疹伤寒病例数显著回升。最近对赛尼茨立克次体的研究导致其被重新分类到埃立克体属，该属成员迄今为止一直是动物的病原体。在马来西亚和其他地方对这两种情况进行生态调查的历史背景为未来的研究指明了方向。
