Rickettsia japonica

Rickettsia japonica is a species of Rickettsia.[1][2][3]

It can cause Japanese spotted fever.

References

  1. Hanaoka N, Matsutani M, Kawabata H, et al. (December 2009). "Diagnostic assay for Rickettsia japonica". Emerging Infect. Dis. 15 (12): 1994–7. doi:10.3201/eid1512.090252. PMC 3044520. PMID 19961684.
  2. Uchida T, Uchiyama T, Kumano K, Walker DH (April 1992). "Rickettsia japonica sp. nov., the etiological agent of spotted fever group rickettsiosis in Japan". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 42 (2): 303–5. doi:10.1099/00207713-42-2-303. PMID 1581190.
  3. Dong X, El Karkouri K, Robert C, Raoult D, Fournier PE (December 2012). "Genomic analysis of Rickettsia japonica strain YHT". J. Bacteriol. 194 (24): 6992. doi:10.1128/JB.01928-12. PMC 3510609. PMID 23209240.
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