Rickettsia sibirica isolation from a patient and detection in ticks, Portugal.
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.
de Sousa
Rita
R
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
Barata
Conceição
C
Vitorino
Liliana
L
Santos-Silva
Margarida
M
Carrapato
Carlos
C
Torgal
Jorge
J
Walker
David
D
Bacellar
Fátima
F
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