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Rickettsia hoogstraalii sp. nov., isolated from hard- and soft-bodied ticks.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Apr 2010
Duh Darja, Punda-Polic Volga, Avsic-Zupanc Tatjana, Bouyer Donald, Walker David H, Popov Vsevolod L, Jelovsek Mateja, Gracner Maja, Trilar Tomi, Bradaric Nikola, Kurtti Timothy J, Strus Jasna
Abstract excerpt
A novel spotted fever group Rickettsia was found in Haemaphysalis sulcata ticks collected from sheep and goats in Croatia in 2006. At the same time, a genetically identical organism was co-isolated with the embryonic cell line CCE3 obtained from the soft tick Carios capensis in Georgia, USA. In this study, further phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of the novel rickettsial strain present in H. sulcata ticks...
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