Simultaneous detection of "Rickettsia mongolotimonae" in a patient and in a tick in Greece.
Rickettsia conorii, a spotted fever group rickettsia which is transmitted by Rhipicephalus sp. complex ticks, was considered until now the only pathogenic rickettsia prevalent in Greece. Here, we report the presence of "Rickettsia mongolotimonae" (proposed name) detected simultaneously in a patient and in a Hyalomma anatolicum excavatum tick, sampled on the patient.
Laboratory of Clinical Bacteriology, Parasitology, Zoonoses, and Geographical Medicine, University of Crete, Crete, Greece. annapsa@med.uoc.gr
Anna
A
Psaroulaki
Antonis
A
Germanakis
Achilleas
A
Gikas
Efstathia
E
Scoulica
Yannis
Y
Tselentis
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D026863:Ixodidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000382:microbiology*
D004269:DNA, Bacterial