Novel Rickettsia in Ticks, Tasmania, Australia

A novel rickettsia was detected in Ixodes tasmani ticks collected from Tasmanian devils. A total of 55% were positive for the citrate synthase gene by quantitative PCR. According to current criteria for rickettsia speciation, this new rickettsia qualifies as Candidatus Rickettsia tasmanensis, named...

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Autores principales: Izzard, Leonard, Graves, Stephen, Cox, Erika, Fenwick, Stan, Unsworth, Nathan, Stenos, John
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2866416/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19861066
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1510.090799
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author Izzard, Leonard
Graves, Stephen
Cox, Erika
Fenwick, Stan
Unsworth, Nathan
Stenos, John
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Cox, Erika
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Stenos, John
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description A novel rickettsia was detected in Ixodes tasmani ticks collected from Tasmanian devils. A total of 55% were positive for the citrate synthase gene by quantitative PCR. According to current criteria for rickettsia speciation, this new rickettsia qualifies as Candidatus Rickettsia tasmanensis, named after the location of its detection.
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spelling pubmed-28664162010-05-11 Novel Rickettsia in Ticks, Tasmania, Australia Izzard, Leonard Graves, Stephen Cox, Erika Fenwick, Stan Unsworth, Nathan Stenos, John Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch A novel rickettsia was detected in Ixodes tasmani ticks collected from Tasmanian devils. A total of 55% were positive for the citrate synthase gene by quantitative PCR. According to current criteria for rickettsia speciation, this new rickettsia qualifies as Candidatus Rickettsia tasmanensis, named after the location of its detection. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-10 /pmc/articles/PMC2866416/ /pubmed/19861066 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1510.090799 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Izzard, Leonard
Graves, Stephen
Cox, Erika
Fenwick, Stan
Unsworth, Nathan
Stenos, John
Novel Rickettsia in Ticks, Tasmania, Australia
title Novel Rickettsia in Ticks, Tasmania, Australia
title_full Novel Rickettsia in Ticks, Tasmania, Australia
title_fullStr Novel Rickettsia in Ticks, Tasmania, Australia
title_full_unstemmed Novel Rickettsia in Ticks, Tasmania, Australia
title_short Novel Rickettsia in Ticks, Tasmania, Australia
title_sort novel rickettsia in ticks, tasmania, australia
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2866416/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19861066
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1510.090799
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