New Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia Isolate, Identified by Sequence Analysis of Conserved Genomic Regions.

ABSTRACT: The clinical features of spotted fever group (SFG) Rickettsia induced disease range from a mild to severe illness. The clinical complexity is even greater due to the fact that the disease can be caused by different species with varying degrees of virulence. Current knowledge asserts that the Israeli SFG (ISF) strain Rickettsia conorii israelensis is the only human pathogenic SFG member in Israel. Current diagnostic procedures distinguish between SFG and the typhus group rickettsiosis, assuming all SFG-positive clinical samples positive for ISF. Molecular studies on questing ticks over the past decade have uncovered the existence of other SFG strains besides ISF in Israel and the region. This study describes the first documented analysis of SFG-posi

SUBMITTER: Klein D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7168670 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature