恙虫病
立克次体病
斑疹伤寒
恙虫病东方体
斑点热
立克次体
鼠斑疹伤寒
伤寒立克次体
Q热
流行病学
中国
病毒学
医学
焦痂
强力霉素
生物
微生物学
地理
病毒
病理
考古
抗生素
作者
Mingyuan Fan,David H. Walker,Shuang-qing Yu,Q. H. Liu
标识
DOI:10.1093/clinids/9.4.823
摘要
Since 1949t information on rickettsial diseases in the People's Republic of China has been virtually nonexistent in the West. This is the first comprehensive review of the ecology and epidemiology of Chinese rickettsial diseases to be published outside the People's Republic. At least five rickettsioses exist in China: scrub typhus, murine typhus, epidemic typhus, Q fever, and one or more spotted fever-group (SFG) rickettsioses. Although epidemic typhus has been controlled and scrub typhus has abated in many areas, murine typhus, Q fever, and SFG rickettsiosis are important public health problems. Serologic surveys indicate high prevalences of antibodies to Coxiella bumetii, Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, and SFG rickettsiae in some regions; these rickettsiae have been isolated from humans, arthropods, and animals. Doxycycline has emerged as the best treatment for murine typhus, epidemic typhus, and scrub typhus. China offers both opportunities and challenges for the investigation and alleviation of the problems of rickettsial diseases.
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