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- Title
Detection of Candidatus rickettsia tarasevichiae from a tick collected from a human patient in South Korea.
- Authors
Lee, Mi-Kyung; Kim, Heung-Chul; Choi, Yeon-Joo; Kim, Jeoungyeon; Park, Hye-Jin; Song, Dayoung; Park, Kyung-Hee; Jang, Won-Jong
- Abstract
Here we report the detection of Candidatus Rickettsia tarasevichiae from a tick collected from a human patient through molecular method. We amplified and sequenced rickettsial citrate synthase encoding gene (gltA), 190_kDa outer protein gene (ompA), and 120_kDa outer protein gene (ompB). Sequencing results showed that its gltA gene and ompA gene shared 100% and 96% sequence similarities with Candidatus R. tarasevichiae gltAgene (GenBank: KT899085) and R. canadensis ompB gene (GenBank: KT899079), respectively. On the other hand, DNA extracted from the patient's serum shared 98% sequence similarities with R. japonica (GenBank: AF123713). Thus, we identified Candidatus R. tarasevichiae from tick and R. japonica from patient serum in this study.
- Subjects
RICKETTSIA; TICKS; CANDIDATUS diseases; PROTEIN genetics; SERUM
- Publication
Systematic & Applied Acarology, 2019, Vol 24, Issue 2, p193
- ISSN
1362-1971
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.11158/saa.24.2.2