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SUBMITTER: Keysary A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3205642 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Keysary Avi A Eremeeva Marina E ME Leitner Moshe M Din Adi Beth AB Wikswo Mary E ME Mumcuoglu Kosta Y KY Inbar Moshe M Wallach Arian D AD Wallach Arian D AD Shanas Uri U King Roni R Waner Trevor T
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20111101 5
We report molecular evidence for the presence of spotted fever group rickettsiae (SFGR) in ticks collected from roe deer, addax, red foxes, and wild boars in Israel. Rickettsia aeschlimannii was detected in Hyalomma marginatum and Hyalomma detritum while Rickettsia massiliae was present in Rhipicephalus turanicus ticks. Furthermore, a novel uncultured SFGR was detected in Haemaphysalis adleri and Haemaphysalis parva ticks from golden jackals. The pathogenicity of the novel SFGR for humans is unk ...[more]