| Rickettsia japonica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Rickettsiales |
| Family: | Rickettsiaceae |
| Genus: | Rickettsia |
| Species group: | Spotted fever group |
| Species: | R. japonica
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| Binomial name | |
| Rickettsia japonica Uchida et al., 1992
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Rickettsia japonica is a species of Rickettsia.[1][2][3] It can cause Japanese spotted fever.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Berger, Dr Stephen (2017). Infectious Diseases of Japan: 2017 edition. GIDEON Informatics Inc. p. 237. ISBN 9781498813846. Retrieved 11 November 2017.