Rickettsia conorii Israeli tick typhus strain isolated from Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks in Portugal.
This report describes the first establishment of five isolates of R. conorii Israeli tick typhus (ITT) strain from Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks in different regions of Portugal. Ticks were collected on two separate expeditions that took place in Bragança, Montesinho Natural Park, and Portalegre City.
de Sousa
Rita
R
Centro de Estudos de Vectores e Doenças Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr Ricardo Jorge, Lisboa, Portugal. rita.sousa@insa.min-saude.pt
Santos-Silva
Margarida
M
Santos
Ana Sofia
AS
Barros
Sílvia C
SC
Torgal
Jorge
J
Walker
David H
DH
Bacellar
Fátima
F
D000818:Animals; D001179:Arthropod Vectors / Q000382:microbiology*; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D011174:Portugal; D048508:Rhipicephalus sanguineus / Q000382:microbiology*; D020114:Rickettsia conorii / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017385:Sequence Homology
D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C078167:OMPA outer membrane proteins