Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2019)

Rickettsia japonica and Novel Rickettsia Species in Ticks, China

  • Xiang-Rong Qin,
  • Hui-Ju Han,
  • Fu-Jun Han,
  • Fu-Ming Zhao,
  • Zhen-Tang Zhang,
  • Zai-Feng Xue,
  • Dong-Qiang Ma,
  • Rui Qi,
  • Min Zhao,
  • Li-Jun Wang,
  • Li Zhao,
  • Hao Yu,
  • Jian-Wei Liu,
  • Xue-Jie Yu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2505.171745
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 5
pp. 992 – 995

Abstract

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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.

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