/Japanese spotted fever

Japanese spotted fever

Rare Disease

MONDO:0000233

Also Known As

Japanese spotted feverRickettsia japonica spotted feverJapanese spotted feversfever, Japanese spottedfevers, Japanese spottedoriental spotted feverspotted fever, Japanese

Definition

A spotted fever that has material basis in Rickettsia japonica, which is transmitted by ticks (Dermacentor taiwanensis and Haemaphysalis flava). The infection has symptom fever, has symptom eschars, has symptom regional adenopathy, and has symptom rash on extremities.