First Isolation and Identification of Rickettsia conorii from Ticks Collected in the Region of Fokida in Central Greece-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

First Isolation and Identification of Rickettsia conorii from Ticks Collected in the Region of Fokida in Central Greece

Published:2003-07 Issue:7 Volume:41 Page:3317-3319
ISSN:0095-1137
Container-title:Journal of Clinical Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Clin Microbiol

Author:

Psaroulaki Anna¹,Spyridaki Ioanna¹,Ioannidis Alexandros¹,Babalis Thomas¹,Gikas Achilleas¹,Tselentis Yannis¹

Affiliation:

1. Laboratory of Clinical Bacteriology, Parasitology, Zoonoses, and Geographical Medicine, Collaborating Center of the World Health Organization, University of Heraklion, 71409 Crete, Greece

Abstract

ABSTRACT Three different spotted-fever group rickettsiae— Rickettsia conorii , R. massiliae , and R. rhipicephali —were detected and identified by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis in Rhipicephalus ticks collected from domestic animals in the Fokida region of Greece, where a high seroprevalence of antibodies to R. conorii was previously demonstrated. The infection rate of ticks was 1.6%. Moreover, R. conorii was isolated from one Rhipicephalus sanguineus tick.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Microbiology (medical)

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/JCM.41.7.3317-3319.2003

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