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Rickettsia sibirica Isolation from a Patient and Detection in Ticks, Portugal
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Jul 2006
Source: Emerg Infect Dis. 12(7):1103-1108.
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Alternative Title:Emerg Infect Dis
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Description:We report the first isolation of Rickettsia sibirica (strain mongolotimonae) from the blood of a patient and detection by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of the rickettsia in a Rhipicephalus pusillus tick collected from a dead mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) in the Alentejo region, Portugal. We describe also the first PCR detection of a new Rickettsia strain that is related to R. sibirica.
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