Rickettsia japonica and Novel Rickettsia Species in Ticks, China.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Qin XR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6478201 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature