Genetic characterization of Candidatus Rickettsia vini, a new rickettsia amplified in ticks from La Rioja, Spain

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 319-321

  Palomar, Ana M ^a   Portillo, Aránzazu ^a   Santibáñez, Paula ^a   Santibáñez, Sonia ^a   García álvarez, Lara ^a   Oteo, José A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SAN PEDRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Birds; Candidatus Rickettsia vini; Ixodes spp.; Rickettsiae; Spain; Ticks

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; RNA 16S;

16S RRNA GENE; 17 KDA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIRD; CANDIDATUS RICKETTSIA VINI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GLTA GENE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IXODES; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMPB GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HEILONGJIANGENSIS; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; RICKETTSIA SIBIRICA; SCA4 GENE; SPAIN; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TICK;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; IXODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN; TICK INFESTATIONS;

AVES; IXODES; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HEILONGJIANGENSIS; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; RICKETTSIA SIBIRICA; RICKETTSIA SP.; RICKETTSIACEAE; VINI;

EID: 84870402708     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.10.025     Document Type: Article

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