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Phylogenetic analysis of spotted fever group rickettsiae based on gltA, 17-kDa, and rOmpA genes amplified by nested PCR from ticks in Japan.
Microbiology and immunology - 1 Jan 2003
Ishikura Mitsuhiro, Ando Shuji, Shinagawa Yasuhiro, Matsuura Kumiko, Hasegawa Sumiyo, Nakayama Takashi, Fujita Hiromi, Watanabe Mamoru
Abstract excerpt
In order to understand the natural situation of rickettsiae in the ticks in Japan, the rickettsial genes, gltA gene, rOmpA gene, and 17-kDa gene, were amplified from the ticks by nested PCR. The prevalences of rickettsial gltA genes among Haemaphysalis formosensis, H. longicornis, H. megaspinosa, Ixodes ovatus, H. flava, H. kitaokai, and I. persulcatus were 62, 57, 24, 24, 19, 13, and 10%, respectively; 26%...
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