Candidatus Ehrlichia Walkerii

Candidatus Ehrlichia Walkerii

: Ixodes ricinus harbors many infectious agents pathogenic for humans. A cause of fever is found in less than 50% of patients exposed to ticks. Investigations on 359 Ixodes ticks removed from asymptomatic patients in Northern Italy revealed the presence of a new ehrlichial agent in 10 ticks. Compari...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2003-06, Vol.990 (1), p.134-140
Hauptverfasser: BROUQUI, P., SANOGO, Y. O., CARUSO, G., MEROLA, F., RAOULT, D.
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Sprache:eng
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Ehrlichia
Italy
Ixodes ricinus
Ixodidae
tick-borne diseases
ticks
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Zusammenfassung:: Ixodes ricinus harbors many infectious agents pathogenic for humans. A cause of fever is found in less than 50% of patients exposed to ticks. Investigations on 359 Ixodes ticks removed from asymptomatic patients in Northern Italy revealed the presence of a new ehrlichial agent in 10 ticks. Comparison of the 16S rRNA and the gltA gene sequences showed the organism is most closely related to Ehrlichia ruminantium. We propose this new Ehrlichia be named ‘candidatus Ehrlichia walkerii.’
ISSN:0077-8923
1749-6632
DOI:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07352.x