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Imported African Tick Bite Fever in Japan: A Literature Review and Report of Three Cases.
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Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) [Intern Med] 2022; Vol. 61 (7), pp. 1093-1098. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Apr 01. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- African tick bite fever (ATBF) is an acute febrile illness caused by Rickettsia africae. ATBF is an important differential diagnosis of acute febrile illness among returned travelers. However, little information is available on ATBF cases imported to Japan, as only seven have been reported to date. To characterize the epidemiological and clinical profiles of patients diagnosed with ATBF in Japan, we reported three new ATBF cases at our hospital between May 2015 and April 2018 and conducted a literature review.
- Subjects :
- Humans
Japan epidemiology
Travel
Rickettsia Infections diagnosis
Rickettsia Infections epidemiology
Rickettsia Infections microbiology
Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis diagnosis
Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis epidemiology
Tick-Borne Diseases diagnosis
Tick-Borne Diseases epidemiology
Tick-Borne Diseases microbiology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1349-7235
- Volume :
- 61
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 35370251
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.7109-21