Novel Candidatus Rickettsia Species Detected in Nostril Tick from Human, Gabon, 2014

We report the identification of a nymphal nostril tick (Amblyomma sp.) from a national park visitor in Gabon and subsequent molecular detection and characterization of tickborne bacteria. Our findings provide evidence of a potentially new Rickettsia sp. circulating in Africa and indicate that tick b...

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Autores principales: Lopez-Velez, Rogelio, Palomar, Ana M., Oteo, José A., Norman, Francesca F., Pérez-Molina, José A., Portillo, Aránzazu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4313649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25625886
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2102.141048
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author Lopez-Velez, Rogelio
Palomar, Ana M.
Oteo, José A.
Norman, Francesca F.
Pérez-Molina, José A.
Portillo, Aránzazu
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description We report the identification of a nymphal nostril tick (Amblyomma sp.) from a national park visitor in Gabon and subsequent molecular detection and characterization of tickborne bacteria. Our findings provide evidence of a potentially new Rickettsia sp. circulating in Africa and indicate that tick bites may pose a risk to persons visiting parks in the region.
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spelling pubmed-43136492015-02-04 Novel Candidatus Rickettsia Species Detected in Nostril Tick from Human, Gabon, 2014 Lopez-Velez, Rogelio Palomar, Ana M. Oteo, José A. Norman, Francesca F. Pérez-Molina, José A. Portillo, Aránzazu Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report the identification of a nymphal nostril tick (Amblyomma sp.) from a national park visitor in Gabon and subsequent molecular detection and characterization of tickborne bacteria. Our findings provide evidence of a potentially new Rickettsia sp. circulating in Africa and indicate that tick bites may pose a risk to persons visiting parks in the region. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-02 /pmc/articles/PMC4313649/ /pubmed/25625886 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2102.141048 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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Lopez-Velez, Rogelio
Palomar, Ana M.
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Portillo, Aránzazu
Novel Candidatus Rickettsia Species Detected in Nostril Tick from Human, Gabon, 2014
title Novel Candidatus Rickettsia Species Detected in Nostril Tick from Human, Gabon, 2014
title_full Novel Candidatus Rickettsia Species Detected in Nostril Tick from Human, Gabon, 2014
title_fullStr Novel Candidatus Rickettsia Species Detected in Nostril Tick from Human, Gabon, 2014
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title_short Novel Candidatus Rickettsia Species Detected in Nostril Tick from Human, Gabon, 2014
title_sort novel candidatus rickettsia species detected in nostril tick from human, gabon, 2014
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4313649/
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