Coinfection of Two Rickettsia Species in a Single Tick Species Provides New Insight into Rickettsia-Rickettsia and Rickettsia-Vector Interactions

Coinfection of Two Rickettsia Species in a Single Tick Species Provides New Insight into Rickettsia-Rickettsia and Rickettsia-Vector Interactions

ABSTRACT Rickettsiae are obligate intracellular bacteria that can cause life-threatening illnesses. There is an ongoing debate as to whether established infections by one Rickettsia species preclude the maintenance of the second species in ticks. Here, we identified two Rickettsia species in inoculu...

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Main Authors: Yu-Sheng Pan, Xiao-Ming Cui, Li-Feng Du, Luo-Yuan Xia, Chun-Hong Du, Lesley Bell-Sakyi, Ming-Zhu Zhang, Dai-Yun Zhu, Yi Dong, Wei Wei, Lin Zhao, Yi Sun, Qing-Yu Lv, Run-Ze Ye, Zhi-Hai He, Qian Wang, Liang-Jing Li, Ming-Guo Yao, Tao Xiong, Jia-Fu Jiang, Wu-Chun Cao, Na Jia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-10-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
rickettsiae
coinfection
Haemaphysalis montgomeryi
tick
interference
competition
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02323-22

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