MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF A NOVEL RICKETTSIA SPECIES FROM IXODES-SCAPULARIS IN TEXAS

Authors
BILLINGS AN TELTOW GJ WEAVER SC WALKER DH
Citation
An. Billings et al., MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF A NOVEL RICKETTSIA SPECIES FROM IXODES-SCAPULARIS IN TEXAS, EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 4(2), 1998, pp. 305-309
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES → ACNP
Volume
4
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
305 - 309
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
A novel Rickettsia species of undetermined pathogenicity was detected in Ixodes scapularis. DNA sequencing showed the highest nucleotide seq uence similarities with R. australis for the 17 kDa gene, R. helvetica for gltA, and R. montana for rompA. The new organism, provisionally d esignated as genotype Cooleyi, is highly divergent in three conserved genes from recognized Rickettsia species.