Rickettsia japonica

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Rickettsia japonica
a) Rickettsiae in cytoplasm of heavily infected Vero C1008 cells. b) Rickettsiae in a nucleus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rickettsiales
Family: Rickettsiaceae
Genus: Rickettsia
Species group: Spotted fever group
Species:
R. japonica
Binomial name
Rickettsia japonica
Uchida et al., 1992

Rickettsia japonica is a species of Rickettsia.[1][2][3] It can cause Japanese spotted fever.[4]

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. Archived from the original on 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2021-12-04. Archived 2010-05-07 at the Wayback Machine
  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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  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.
  4. Inc, GIDEON Informatics; Berger, Dr Stephen (2017). Infectious Diseases of Japan: 2017 edition. GIDEON Informatics Inc. p. 237. ISBN 9781498813846. Retrieved 11 November 2017.