Descriptive epidemiology of rickettsial infections in Japan: Scrub typhus and Japanese spotted fever, 2007–2016

• Published in: International journal of infectious diseases Vol. 105; pp. 560 - 566
• Main Authors: Kinoshita, Hitomi, Arima, Yuzo, Shigematsu, Mika, Sunagawa, Tomimasa, Saijo, Masayuki, Oishi, Kazunori, Ando, Shuji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2021; Elsevier
• Subjects: Japan; Japanese spotted fever; Rickettsia; Scrub typhus; Surveillance; Vector-borne disease; Scrub typhus; Vector-borne disease; Surveillance; Rickettsia; Japanese spotted fever; Japan

[Display omitted] •Annual notifications of ST have been stable but JSF have been increasing.•While both ST and JSF occur in most of Japan, their geographic distributions differ.•ST was more common in spring/summer in the north and autumn/winter in the south.•Overall notification rates and fatal case...