Rickettsia sibiricaIsolation from a Patient and Detection in Ticks, Portugal
Open Access
- 1 July 2006
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 12 (7) , 1103-1108
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1207.051494
Abstract
We report the first isolation of Rickettsia sibirica (strain mongolotimonae) from the blood of a patient and detection by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of the rickettsia in a Rhipicephalus pusillus tick collected from a dead mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) in the Alentejo region, Portugal. We describe also the first PCR detection of a new Rickettsia strain that is related to R. sibirica.Keywords
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