Identification of the spotted fever group rickettsiae detected from Haemaphysalis longicornis in Korea.
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.
Lee
Jung-Hee
JH
Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Konkuk University, Chungju, Chungchongbuk-Do 380-701, Korea.
Park
Hyo-Soon
HS
Jung
Kwang-Don
KD
Jang
Won-Jong
WJ
Koh
Seong-Eun
SE
Kang
Shin-Seok
SS
Lee
In-Yong
IY
Lee
Won-Ja
WJ
Kim
Bum-Joon
BJ
Kook
Yoon-Hoh
YH
Park
Kyung-Hee
KH
Lee
Seung-Hyun
SH
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
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S