title: New Rickettsiae in ticks collected in territories of the former soviet union.
abstract: Dermacentor nuttallii from Siberia, Rhipicephalus sanguineus from Crimea, and Rh. pumilio from the Astrakhan region were infected with Rickettsia sibirica (12%), R. conorii (8%), and the Astrakhan fever agent (3%), respectively. Three new Rickettsiae of the R. massiliae genogroup were identified in ticks by 16S rDNA, gltA, and ompA sequencing.
authors.affiliation: Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rydkina
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Roux
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rudakov
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gafarova
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tarasevich
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001907:Boutonneuse Fever / Q000453:epidemiology; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D004285:Dogs; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology*; D014586:USSR / Q000453:epidemiology