Emerg Infect DiseidEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-6059Centers for Disease Control117477312631901Research ArticleDetection and identification of spotted fever group Rickettsiae and Ehrlichiae in African ticks.ParolaP.InokumaH.CamicasJ. L.BrouquiP.RaoultD.Unité des Rickettsies, CNRS UMR 6020, Marseille, France.Nov-Dec20017610141017

Rickettsia africae, a recently identified pathogen, was detected for the first time in Amblyomma ticks from Niger, Mali, Burundi, and Sudan, and "R. mongolotimonae" was identified for the first time in Africa. Rickettsiae of unknown pathogenicity and two new ehrlichiae of the Ehrlichia canis group were identified in ticks from Mali and Niger.