Spotted fever group rickettsiosis in Japan.
The acute febrile disease with characteristic rash encountered in Tokushima Prefecture was proved to be a spotted fever group rickettsiosis, which showed a significant rise in agglutinins to both Proteus OX2 and OX19 and significantly high levels of CF antibodies to Rickettsia akari and Rickettsia rickettsii.
D000368:Aged; D000371:Agglutination; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008875:Middle Aged; D011511:Proteus / Q000276:immunology; D012284:Rickettsia rickettsii; D012288:Rickettsiaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology