Detection of a novel Rickettsia (Alphaproteobacteria: Rickettsiales) in rotund ticks (Ixodes kingi) from Saskatchewan, Canada

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 202-206

  Anstead, Clare A ^a   Chilton, Neil B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; 17 kDa antigen gene; GltA; Ixodes kingi; OmpA; Rickettsia

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; RNA 16S;

16S RRNA GENE; 17 KDA ANTIGEN GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CANADA; CANDIDATUS RICKETTSIA KINGI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE; GLTA GENE; IXODES; IXODES KINGI; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMPA GENE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAXON;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; NYMPH; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA; SASKATCHEWAN; TICKS;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODES KINGI; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CANADENSIS; RICKETTSIA TARASEVICHIAE; RICKETTSIACEAE; RICKETTSIALES; TYPHUS GROUP;

EID: 84875252704     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.11.013     Document Type: Article

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