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Spotted fever group Rickettsia in Haemaphysalis ticks: genetic diversity and first detection of "Candidatus Rickettsia jingxinensis" in India.
Ticks and tick-borne diseases - 1 Jan 2026
V Vinayak, Balasubramanian R, S Siba, Patil Jayashri, Bhadale Pradnya, H Harsuni, S Sithalakshmi, Varghese Jerlyn, Alagarasu Kalichamy
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Ticks are important vectors of rickettsial pathogens, particularly in regions where livestock, wildlife, and humans overlap. Despite increasing reports of rickettsioses in India, molecular evidence of Rickettsia species in questing ticks from the Western Ghats of Kerala remains scarce. Questing ticks were collected from forest-edge and fringe habitats in Wayanad, Idukki, and Thrissur districts using standardized...
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