Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Inner Mongolia, China, 2015–2016

• DOI: 10.3201/eid2411.162094
• Publication Date: 2018-09-24T13:03:53Z
• Authors: Xuhong Yin; Shengchun Guo; Chunlian Ding; Minzhi Cao; Hiroki Kawabata; Kozue Sato; Shuji Ando; Hiromi Fujita; Fumihiko Kawamori; Hongru Su; Masahiko Shimada; Yuko Shimamura; Shuichi Masuda; Norio Ohashi
• Keywords: China; Rickettsia raoultii; Ixodidae; Dermacentor nuttalli; R; Hyalomma marginatum; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Research Letter; Medicine; Animals; Humans; Arachnid Vectors; Rickettsia; Rickettsia aeschlimannii; Hyalomma asiaticum

We found Rickettsia raoultii infection in 6/261 brucellosis-negative patients with fever of unknown origin in brucellosis-endemic Inner Mongolia, China. We further identified Hyalomma asiaticum ticks associated with R. raoultii, H. marginatum ticks associated with R. aeschlimannii, and Dermacentor nuttalli ticks associated with both rickettsiae species in the autonomous region.