Japanese spotted fever, South Korea.
We describe the first case of Japanese spotted fever and the first isolate of spotted fever group rickettsia from a patient in South Korea. The isolated rickettsia from the patient was identified as Rickettsia japonica by analysis of the nucleotide sequences of 16S rRNA, gltA, ompA, ompB, and sca4 genes.
Chung
Moon-Hyun
MH
Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, South Korea.
Lee
Seung-Hyun
SH
Konkuk University College of Medicine, Chungju; South Korea.
Kim
Mi-Jeong
MJ
Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, South Korea.
Lee
Jung-Hee
JH
Konkuk University College of Medicine, Chungju; South Korea.
Kim
Eun-Sil
ES
Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, South Korea.
Lee
Jin-Soo
JS
Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, South Korea.
Kim
Mee-Kyung
MK
Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, South Korea.
Park
Mi-Yeoun
MY
National Institute of Health, Seoul, South Korea.
Kang
Jae-Seung
JS
Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, South Korea.
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*