Spotted fever group
Spotted fever group
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Mostly hard tick
Scrub typhus
Scrub typhus (ST): Orientia tsutsugamushi (different strains/serotypes), Leptotrombidum mite
Spotted fever group
African tick bite fever: Rickettsia africae, Tick
Rickettsia conorii, Tick
Japanese spotted fever (JSF): Rickettsia japonica, Tick
Rocky Mountain Spotted fever, Rickettia rickettsii, Tick
Rickettsia endemic to Japan
JSF (April-October)
ST (Nov-Dec)
Reference: Distinguishing Japanese Spotted Fever and Scrub Typhus, Central Japan, 2004-2015