title: First molecular detection of R. conorii, R. aeschlimannii, and R. massiliae in ticks from Algeria.
abstract: Ticks collected in Northern Algeria between May 2001 and November 2003 were tested by PCR for the presence of Rickettsia spp. DNA using primer amplifying gltA and OmpA genes. Three different spotted fever group rickettsias were amplified from these ticks: R. Conorii subsp. P. conorii strain Malish in Rhipicephalus sanguineus, R. aeschlimannii in Hyalomma marginatum, and R. massiliae in Rhipicephalus turanicus. Our results confirm the presence of R. conorii in ticks in Algeria and provide the first detection of R. aeschlimannii and R. massiliae in Algeria.
authors.affiliation: Unité des Rickettsies, CNRS UMR 6020, IFR 48, WHO Collaborative Center for Rickettsial Reference and Research, Faculté de Médecine, 27 Bd Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 5, France.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bitam
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parola
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rolain
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Baziz
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Boubidi
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Harrat
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Belkaid
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
mesh_terms: D000462:Algeria; D000818:Animals; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D048508:Rhipicephalus sanguineus / Q000382:microbiology; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D020114:Rickettsia conorii / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012463:Saliva / Q000382:microbiology; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial