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Rickettsia sp. closely related to rickettsia raoultii (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) in an amblyomma helvolum (Acarina: Ixodidae) tick from a varanus salvator (Squamata: Varanidae) in thailand

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2013-01-01

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Article

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00222585

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10.1603/ME12010

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2-s2.0-84872739384

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Mahidol University

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Journal of Medical Entomology. Vol.50, No.1 (2013), 217-220

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Kathryn Doornbos, Chalao Sumrandee, Toon Ruang-Areerate, Visut Baimai, Wachareeporn Trinachartvanit, Arunee Ahantarig Rickettsia sp. closely related to rickettsia raoultii (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) in an amblyomma helvolum (Acarina: Ixodidae) tick from a varanus salvator (Squamata: Varanidae) in thailand. Journal of Medical Entomology. Vol.50, No.1 (2013), 217-220. doi:10.1603/ME12010 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/31111

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Rickettsia sp. closely related to rickettsia raoultii (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) in an amblyomma helvolum (Acarina: Ixodidae) tick from a varanus salvator (Squamata: Varanidae) in thailand

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Kathryn Doornbos
 Chalao Sumrandee
 Toon Ruang-Areerate
 Visut Baimai
 Wachareeporn Trinachartvanit
 Arunee Ahantarig

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Mahidol University
 Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Thailand

Abstract

An engorged female Amblyomma helvolum Koch tick was removed from an adult Varanus salvator Laurenti lizard during field collection in Thailand. After using polymerase chain reaction to amplify three genes (16S rDNA, gltA, and OmpA), we discovered the presence of a Rickettsia sp. of the Spotted Fever Group. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that this Rickettsia sp. is closely related to Rickettsia raoultii Mediannikov. Therefore, we report herein for the first time the detection of a novel Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia in an Amblyomma helvolum from a Varanus salvator in Thailand. © 2013 Entomological Society of America.

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Agricultural and Biological Sciences
 Immunology and Microbiology
 Medicine
 Veterinary

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