Detection of "Rickettsia sp. strain Uilenbergi" and "Rickettsia sp. strain Davousti" in Amblyomma tholloni ticks from elephants in Africa

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Matsumoto, Kotaro ^a   Parola, Philippe ^a   Rolain, Jean Marc ^a   Jeffery, Kathryn ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Gabon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GLTA PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA THOLLONI; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CENTRAL AFRICA; ELEPHANT; FEMALE; GABON; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENOTYPE; GENUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA DAVOUSTI; RICKETTSIA HEILONGJIANGENSIS; RICKETTSIA JAPONICA; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIA UILENBERGI; SPECIES; TICK; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMBLYOMMA THOLLONI; ELEPHANTIDAE; IXODIDA; LOXODONTA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HEILONGJIANGENSIS; RICKETTSIA HULINII; RICKETTSIA JAPONICA; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIA SP.; RICKETTSIACEAE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; GABON; GENES, BACTERIAL; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICKS;

EID: 34648854486     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-7-74     Document Type: Article

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