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SUBMITTER: Cumbie AN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6913172 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ticks and tick-borne diseases 20190927 1
Candidatus Rickettsia mendelii is a novel rickettsial species recently identified in Ixodes ricinus. In this study, Ixodes brunneus collected from wild birds (n = 77 ticks) or vegetation (n = 4 ticks) in southeastern Virginia were surveyed for rickettsial agents. Candidatus Rickettsia mendelii was confirmed in I. brunneus through sequencing of the gltA and 16S rRNA genes. This is the first report of this rickettsial species in Ixodes ticks in North America. ...[more]