Molecular evidence of Rickettsia felis infection in dogs from northern territory, Australia

The prevalence of spotted fever group rickettsial infection in dogs from a remote indigenous community in the Northern Territory (NT) was determined using molecular tools. Blood samples collected from 130 dogs in the community of Maningrida were subjected to a spotted fever group (SFG)-specific PCR...

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Autores principales: Hii, Sze-Fui, Kopp, Steven R, Thompson, Mary F, O'Leary, Caroline A, Rees, Robert L, Traub, Rebecca J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3214141/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21989454
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-4-198
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author Hii, Sze-Fui
Kopp, Steven R
Thompson, Mary F
O'Leary, Caroline A
Rees, Robert L
Traub, Rebecca J
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description The prevalence of spotted fever group rickettsial infection in dogs from a remote indigenous community in the Northern Territory (NT) was determined using molecular tools. Blood samples collected from 130 dogs in the community of Maningrida were subjected to a spotted fever group (SFG)-specific PCR targeting the ompB gene followed by a Rickettsia felis-specific PCR targeting the gltA gene of R. felis. Rickettsia felis ompB and gltA genes were amplified from the blood of 3 dogs. This study is the first report of R. felis infection in indigenous community dogs in NT.
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spelling pubmed-32141412011-11-12 Molecular evidence of Rickettsia felis infection in dogs from northern territory, Australia Hii, Sze-Fui Kopp, Steven R Thompson, Mary F O'Leary, Caroline A Rees, Robert L Traub, Rebecca J Parasit Vectors Short Report The prevalence of spotted fever group rickettsial infection in dogs from a remote indigenous community in the Northern Territory (NT) was determined using molecular tools. Blood samples collected from 130 dogs in the community of Maningrida were subjected to a spotted fever group (SFG)-specific PCR targeting the ompB gene followed by a Rickettsia felis-specific PCR targeting the gltA gene of R. felis. Rickettsia felis ompB and gltA genes were amplified from the blood of 3 dogs. This study is the first report of R. felis infection in indigenous community dogs in NT. BioMed Central 2011-10-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3214141/ /pubmed/21989454 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-4-198 Text en Copyright ©2011 Hii et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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