title: Detection and identification of spotted fever group Rickettsiae and Ehrlichiae in African ticks.
abstract: Rickettsia africae, a recently identified pathogen, was detected for the first time in Amblyomma ticks from Niger, Mali, Burundi, and Sudan, and "R. mongolotimonae" was identified for the first time in Africa. Rickettsiae of unknown pathogenicity and two new ehrlichiae of the Ehrlichia canis group were identified in ticks from Mali and Niger.
authors.affiliation: Unité des Rickettsies, CNRS UMR 6020, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parola
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inokuma
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Camicas
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brouqui
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D000710:Anaplasmataceae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D004285:Dogs; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013984:Tick Infestations / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; C422461:GltA protein, Listeria monocytogenes; C078167:OMPA outer membrane proteins