title: Rickettsia sibirica isolation from a patient and detection in ticks, Portugal.
abstract: We report the first isolation of Rickettsia sibirica (strain mongolotimonae) from the blood of a patient and detection by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of the rickettsia in a Rhipicephalus pusillus tick collected from a dead mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) in the Alentejo region, Portugal. We describe also the first PCR detection of a new Rickettsia strain that is related to R. sibirica.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudos de Vectores e Doenças Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr Ricardo Jorge, Aguas de Moura, Portugal. rita.sousa@insa.min-saude.pt
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: de Sousa
authors.forename: Conceição
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barata
authors.forename: Liliana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vitorino
authors.forename: Margarida
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Santos-Silva
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Carrapato
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Torgal
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: Fátima
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bacellar
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D011174:Portugal / Q000453:epidemiology; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology