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Isolation of a Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia, Rickettsia peacockii , in a Rocky Mountain Wood Tick, Dermacentor andersoni , Cell Line
1 Feb 2001
Abstract excerpt
An embryonic cell line (DAE100) of the Rocky Mountain wood tick, Dermacentor andersoni, was observed by microscopy to be chronically infected with a rickettsialike organism. The organism was identified as a spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsia by PCR amplification and sequencing of portions of the 16S rRNA, citrate synthase, Rickettsia genus-specific 17-kDa antigen, and SFG-specific 190-kDa outer membrane protein...
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