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Genotypic identification of an undescribed spotted fever group rickettsia in Ixodes ricinus from southwestern Spain.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 May 1998
Márquez F J, Muniain M A, Soriguer R C, Izquierdo G, Rodríguez-Baño J, Borobio M V
Abstract excerpt
An undescribed rickettsia was directly analyzed with specific rickettsial molecular biology tools on Ixodes ricinus L. collected in different localities of the province of Cadiz (southwestern Spain). On the basis of the results of the citrate synthase (glta) gene, 190 kD-outer membrane protein (rOmpA) gene, and 16S ribosomal RNA (16S rRNA) gene partial sequence data, it was found that this rickettsia is...
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