First Molecular Detection of R. conorii, R. aeschlimannii, and R. massiliae in Ticks from Algeria

: Ticks collected in Northern Algeria between May 2001 and November 2003 were tested by PCR for the presence of Rickettsia spp. DNA using primer amplifying gltA and OmpA genes. Three different spotted fever group rickettsias were amplified from these ticks: R. Conorii subsp. P. conorii strain Malis...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2006-10, Vol.1078 (1), p.368-372
Hauptverfasser:	BITAM, I., PAROLA, P., MATSUMOTO, K., ROLAIN, J. M., BAZIZ, B., BOUBIDI, S. C., HARRAT, Z., BELKAID, M., RAOULT, DIDIER
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Algeria Animals DNA, Bacterial - genetics Hyalomma Hyalomma marginatum Ixodidae Polymerase Chain Reaction Rhipicephalus Rhipicephalus sanguineus Rhipicephalus sanguineus - microbiology Rhipicephalus turanicus Rickettsia Rickettsia - genetics Rickettsia - isolation & purification Rickettsia aeschlimannii Rickettsia conorii Rickettsia conorii - genetics Rickettsia conorii - isolation & purification Rickettsia massiliae Saliva - microbiology ticks Ticks - microbiology
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Zusammenfassung:	: Ticks collected in Northern Algeria between May 2001 and November 2003 were tested by PCR for the presence of Rickettsia spp. DNA using primer amplifying gltA and OmpA genes. Three different spotted fever group rickettsias were amplified from these ticks: R. Conorii subsp. P. conorii strain Malish in Rhipicephalus sanguineus, R. aeschlimannii in Hyalomma marginatum, and R. massiliae in Rhipicephalus turanicus. Our results confirm the presence of R. conorii in ticks in Algeria and provide the first detection of R. aeschlimannii and R. massiliae in Algeria.
ISSN:	0077-8923 1749-6632
DOI:	10.1196/annals.1374.073