title: Rickettsia conorii Israeli tick typhus strain isolated from Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks in Portugal.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudos de Vectores e Doenças Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr Ricardo Jorge, Lisboa, Portugal. rita.sousa@insa.min-saude.pt
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: de Sousa
authors.forename: Margarida
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Santos-Silva
authors.forename: Ana Sofia
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Sílvia C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Barros
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Torgal
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: Fátima
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bacellar
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C078167:OMPA outer membrane proteins