Rickettsia japonica and Novel Rickettsia Species in Ticks, China

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Qin, Xiang-Rong ; Han, Hui-Ju ; Han, Fu-Jun ; Zhao, Fu-Ming ; Zhang, Zhen-Tang ; Xue, Zai-Feng ; Ma, Dong-Qiang ; Qi, Rui ; Zhao, Min ; Wang, Li-Jun ; Zhao, Li ; Yu, Hao ; Liu, Jian-Wei ; Yu, Xue-Jie
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Animals Dispatch DNA, Bacterial Humans Phylogeny Polymerase Chain Reaction Public Health Surveillance Rickettsia Ticks Vector Borne Diseases
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 25(5):992-995
• Pubmed ID:
  31002060
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6478201
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  China
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:94af084a37c9bb2d22df4936eb36fbcfc6d27834b85c85b35a5008977e0ffa08
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/79336/cdc_79336_DS1.pdf
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