title: Possible Case of Novel Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis in Traveler Returning to Japan from India.
abstract: A 60-year-old woman experienced fever, headache, rash, and altered vision after returning to Japan from India. Testing detected elevated antibody titers to spotted fever group rickettsia; PCR on blood yielded positive results for the rickettsial outer membrane protein A gene. We isolated a unique rickettsial agent and performed a full-genome analysis.
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Takajo
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sekizuka
authors.forename: Hiromi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Ayako
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
authors.forename: Motohiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: Kazuyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: Shunichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyauchi
authors.forename: Kunihiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Umekita
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagatomo
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuroda
authors.forename: Tomohiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takasaki
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Okayama
authors.forename: Shuji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ando
mesh_terms: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D015415:Biomarkers; D001706:Biopsy; D000076263:Communicable Diseases, Imported / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D005076:Exanthema / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D007194:India; D007564:Japan; D008875:Middle Aged; D010802:Phylogeny; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D000073605:Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D000076082:Travel-Related Illness
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D015415:Biomarkers; D007074:Immunoglobulin G
keywords: Candidatus; India; Japan; SFG; africae; argasii; bacteria; bacterial infection; conorii; genome; heilongjiangensis; honei; indica; infectious disease; japonica; kellyi; parkeri; rickettsia; sibirica; slovaca; spotted fever group; travel