1. Rickettsia japonica and Novel Rickettsia Species in Ticks, China
- Author
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Fu-ming Zhao, Hao Yu, Li-Jun Wang, Min Zhao, Fu-jun Han, Dongqiang Ma, Li Zhao, Rui Qi, Jian Wei Liu, Xiang-Rong Qin, Zaifeng Xue, Hui-Ju Han, Xue Jie Yu, and Zhentang Zhang
- Subjects
Microbiology (medical) ,DNA, Bacterial ,China ,Epidemiology ,030231 tropical medicine ,vector-borne infections ,lcsh:Medicine ,Vector Borne Diseases ,Haemaphysalis longicornis ,Polymerase Chain Reaction ,Japonica ,law.invention ,Microbiology ,lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Ticks ,Phylogenetics ,law ,parasitic diseases ,Animals ,Humans ,lcsh:RC109-216 ,Public Health Surveillance ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Rickettsia ,bacteria ,Polymerase chain reaction ,Phylogeny ,Rickettsia japonica ,Phylogenetic tree ,biology ,lcsh:R ,Dispatch ,biology.organism_classification ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,Infectious Diseases ,Candidatus - Abstract
PCR amplification indicated the minimum infection rate of Rickettsia spp. was 0.66% in Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks collected from Shandong Province, China. Phylogenetic analysis based on the rrs, gltA, ompA, and ompB genes indicated that the ticks carried R. japonica, Candidatus Rickettsia longicornii, and a novel Rickettsia species related to R. canadensis.
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- 2019