title: Ornithodoros moubata, a soft tick vector for Rickettsia in east Africa?
abstract: Omithodoros moubata complex (Argasidae) ticks collected from human dwellings in central Tanzania were found to carry a novel rickettsial species that clustered among the spotted fever group. Although no evidence of human infection was evident, these ticks feed primarily on man, thus providing opportunity for zoonotic infection.
authors.affiliation: Bacterial Zoonoses, Department of Statutory and Exotic Bacterial Diseases, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB, UK. s.cutler@vla.defra.gsi.gov.uk
authors.forename: Sally J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Cutler
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Browning
authors.forename: Julie C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D001275:ATP Citrate (pro-S)-Lyase / Q000235:genetics; D000349:Africa; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000382:microbiology*; D026861:Ornithodoros / Q000382:microbiology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D051381:Rats / Q000382:microbiology; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D001275:ATP Citrate (pro-S)-Lyase