Human Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses Are Underappreciated in Southern Taiwan, Particularly for the Species Closely-Related to Rickettsia felis

• Chung-Hsu Lai,

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Division of Infection Control Laboratory, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

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• Lin-Li Chang,

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

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• Jiun-Nong Lin,

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

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• Kun-Hsien Tsai,

  Affiliations Institute of Environmental Health, College of Public, Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan, Infectious Diseases Research and Education Center, Ministry of Health and Welfare and National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan

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• Ya-Chien Hung,

  Affiliation Division of Infection Control Laboratory, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

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• Li-Li Kuo,

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Research and Diagnostic Center, Centers for Disease Control, Department of Health, Taipei City, Taiwan

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• Hsi-Hsun Lin,

  Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei City, Taiwan

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• Yen-Hsu Chen

  * E-mail: infchen@gmail.com

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

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