title: Molecular identification of Rickettsia felis-like bacteria in Haemaphysalis sulcata ticks collected from domestic animals in southern Croatia.
abstract: Haemaphysalis sulcata ticks collected from sheep and goats in southern Croatia were found infected with rickettsiae. Molecular analysis of the complete gltA gene and portion of 17 kDa and ompB genes revealed the presence of Rickettsia felis-like bacteria in up to 26% of tested ticks.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Zaloska 4, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. darja.duh@mf.uni-lj.si
authors.forename: Darja
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Duh
authors.forename: Volga
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Punda-Polić
authors.forename: Tomi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Trilar
authors.forename: Miroslav
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petrovec
authors.forename: Nikola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bradarić
authors.forename: Tatjana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Avsic-Zupanc
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000382:microbiology*; D017523:Croatia; D005843:Geography; D010802:Phylogeny; D041161:Rickettsia felis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013987:Ticks / Q000254:growth & development / Q000382:microbiology*