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<i>In vitro</i>propagation of<i>Candidatus</i>Rickettsia andeanae isolated from<i>Amblyomma maculatum</i>
18 Nov 2011
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Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae was identified during an investigation of a febrile outbreak in northwestern Peru (2002). DNA sequencing from two ticks (Amblyomma maculatum, Ixodes boliviensis) collected during the investigation revealed a novel Rickettsia agent with similarity to the spotted fever group rickettsiae. Since then, Candidatus R. andeanae has been detected in A. maculatum ticks collected in the...
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