title: Japanese spotted fever, South Korea.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, South Korea.
authors.forename: Moon-Hyun
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: Konkuk University College of Medicine, Chungju; South Korea.
authors.forename: Seung-Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, South Korea.
authors.forename: Mi-Jeong
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Konkuk University College of Medicine, Chungju; South Korea.
authors.forename: Jung-Hee
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, South Korea.
authors.forename: Eun-Sil
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jin-Soo
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, South Korea.
authors.forename: Mee-Kyung
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Health, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Mi-Yeoun
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jae-Seung
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: 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*