<i>Rickettsia japonica</i>and Novel<i>Rickettsia</i>Species in Ticks, China

Xiang‐Rong Qin, Hui‐Ju Han, Fu-jun Han, Fu-ming Zhao, Zhen-Tang Zhang, Zaifeng Xue, Dongqiang Ma, Rui Qi, Min Zhao, Lijun Wang, Li Zhao, Hao Yu, Jianwei Liu, Li Zhang
Emerging infectious diseases
March 25, 2019
10.3201/eid2505.171745
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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.

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