New Rickettsiae in ticks collected in territories of the former soviet union.
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.
Rydkina
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E
Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France.
Roux
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V
Rudakov
N
N
Gafarova
M
M
Tarasevich
I
I
Raoult
D
D
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