Rickettsia raoultii in Haemaphysalis erinacei from marbled polecats, China–Kazakhstan border

Rickettsia raoultii in Haemaphysalis erinacei from marbled polecats, China–Kazakhstan border

Abstract We found Rickettsia raoultii DNA in 2 out of 32 (6.25 %) Haemaphysalis erinacei ticks. Result showed that the sequences of five genes (17-kDa, gltA, ompA, rrs, and ompB) were 100 % identity with that of R. Raoultii in GenBank. This study is the first report on the presence of R. raoultii in...

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Main Authors: Li-Ping Guo, Lu-Meng Mu, Jun Xu, Su-Hua Jiang, An-Dong Wang, Chuang-Fu Chen, Gang Guo, Wan-Jiang Zhang, Yuan-Zhi Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2015-09-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Rickettsia raoultii
PCR
Haemaphysalis erinacei
Marbled polecats
China-Kazakhstan border
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1065-1

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1065-1

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