title: Complete genome sequence of Rickettsia slovaca, the agent of tick-borne lymphadenitis.
abstract: The present study reports the complete and annotated genome sequence of the human pathogen Rickettsia slovaca strain 13-B, which was isolated from a Dermacentor tick in Slovakia in 1968. The 1.27-Mb genome provides further insights into the acquisition of virulence related to genome reduction in Rickettsia species.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, CNRS UMR 6236, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Pierre-Edouard
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Fournier
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: El Karkouri
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Robert
authors.forename: Claudine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Médigue
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D003870:Dermacentor / Q000382:microbiology; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000382:microbiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D018154:Slovakia; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D037521:Virulence Factors