Lupeng Dai

Rickettsia japonica strain YC21 from a fatal human case in China: comparative genomics and experimental characterization of infection phenotypes

Rickettsia japonica causes Japanese spotted fever (JSF), an emerging severe tick-borne disease in East Asia. We recently isolated strain YC21 from the first laboratory-confirmed fatal JSF case in China. This study aimed to characterize the genomic features and infection phenotype...