title: Identification of the spotted fever group rickettsiae detected from Haemaphysalis longicornis in Korea.
abstract: Seven Haemaphysalis ticks were found positive in PCR assay of gltA gene to detect the spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiae DNA from 100 ticks. The nucleotide sequence of 16S rRNA gene was determined from 5 ticks and compared to those of other Rickettsia strains. The nucleotide sequence from 4 ticks showed high homologies (99.7 to 100%) with that of R. japonica YH, and that from 1 tick (tick no. 48) was identical with that of R. rickettsii R, suggesting that SFG rickettsiae exists in Korea. This is the first documentation of SFG rickettsiae in Korea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Konkuk University, Chungju, Chungchongbuk-Do 380-701, Korea.
authors.forename: Jung-Hee
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hyo-Soon
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Kwang-Don
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Won-Jong
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Seong-Eun
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.forename: Shin-Seok
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: In-Yong
authors.initials: IY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Won-Ja
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Bum-Joon
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yoon-Hoh
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kook
authors.forename: Kyung-Hee
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Seung-Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D026863:Ixodidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000032:analysis; D012288:Rickettsiaceae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D016996:Rickettsieae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S