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
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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Dispatch
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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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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