OCCURRENCE OF RICKETTSIOSIS OF SPOTTED FEVER GROUP IN CHIBA PREFECTURE OF JAPAN
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Editorial Committee of Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Infectious Dis in Japanese Journal of Medical Science and Biology
- Vol. 41 (2) , 69-71
- https://doi.org/10.7883/yoken1952.41.69
Abstract
Acute- and convalescent-phase sera were obtained from a patient with suspected tsutsugamushi disease in July 1987, in Amatsukominato located in the southeastern area of Chiba Prefecture, and showed negative serologic reactions with Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, while the convalescent-phase serum reacted positively with R. montana and a Japanese isolate of spotted fever group rickettsia at IgM and IgG titers of 1:320 and 1:640, respectively, in the indirect immunofluorescence tests. These findings showed that a rickettsiosis of the spotted fever group occurred also in Chiba Prefecture like in the southeastern areas of Shikoku and Kyushu islands of Japan.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- SPOTTED FEVER GROUP RICKETTSIOSIS IN JAPANJapanese Journal of Medical Science and Biology, 1985