Rickettsia aeschlimannii: A new pathogenic spotted fever group Rickettsia, South Africa [3]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 874-

  Pretorius, Anne Marié ^a   Birtles, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE;

BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SOUTH AFRICA; TICKS;

EID: 0036686744     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

1. Rickettsia africae, a tick-borne pathogen of travelers to sub-Saharan Africa
2. Differentiation of spotted fever group rickettsiae by sequencing and analysis of restriction fragment length polymorphism of PCR amplified DNA of the gene encoding the protein rOmpA
3. Rickettsia aeschlimannii sp. nov., a new spotted fever group rickettsia associated with Hyalomma marginatum ticks
4. Detection and identification of spotted fever group rickettsiae and ehrlichiae in African ticks