title: Molecular detection of various rickettsiae in mites (acari: trombiculidae) in southern Jeolla Province, Korea.
abstract: This study revealed the presence of various rickettsial agents in mites from wild rodents collected in Southern Jeolla Province, Korea, by nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequence analysis of a partial citrate synthase and rickettsia outer membrane protein B genes. Rickettsial agents closely related to the Rickettsia species TwKM02, R. australis, and the Rickettsia species Cf15 were successfully identified in this study, for the first time in Korea, and R. japonica, R. akari, R. conorii, R. felis, and R. typhi were also detected, as previously described. The data presented in this paper extend knowledge on the geographic distribution of SFG rickettsiae in eastern Asia and it may necessary to consider the role of mites in rickettsial transmission.
authors: Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Konkuk University, Choongbuk, Korea.
authors: Yeon-Joo
authors: YJ
authors: Choi
authors: Eun-Mi
authors: EM
authors: Lee
authors: Jin-Mi
authors: JM
authors: Park
authors: Kyung-Min
authors: KM
authors: Lee
authors: Seung-Hoon
authors: SH
authors: Han
authors: Jae-Kwon
authors: JK
authors: Kim
authors: Seung-Hyun
authors: SH
authors: Lee
authors: Hyeon-Je
authors: HJ
authors: Song
authors: Myung-Sik
authors: MS
authors: Choi
authors: Ik-Sang
authors: IS
authors: Kim
authors: Kyung-Hee
authors: KH
authors: Park
authors: Won-Jong
authors: WJ
authors: Jang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007723:Korea; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D016996:Rickettsieae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012377:Rodentia / Q000469:parasitology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods; D014324:Trombiculidae / Q000382:microbiology*