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First Molecular Detection of R. conorii, R. aeschlimannii , and R. massiliae in Ticks from Algeria
Author(s) -
BITAM I.,
PAROLA P.,
MATSUMOTO K.,
ROLAIN J. M.,
BAZIZ B.,
BOUBIDI S. C.,
HARRAT Z.,
BELKAID M.,
RAOULT DIDIER
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1374.073
Subject(s) - rhipicephalus sanguineus , rickettsia conorii , spotted fever , virology , biology , rhipicephalus , microbiology and biotechnology , tick , ixodidae , virus , rickettsia
Ticks collected in Northern Algeria between May 2001 and November 2003 were tested by PCR for the presence of Rickettsia spp. DNA using primer amplifying gltA and OmpA genes. Three different spotted fever group rickettsias were amplified from these ticks: R. Conorii subsp. P. conorii strain Malish in Rhipicephalus sanguineus , R. aeschlimannii in Hyalomma marginatum , and R. massiliae in Rhipicephalus turanicus . Our results confirm the presence of R. conorii in ticks in Algeria and provide the first detection of R. aeschlimannii and R. massiliae in Algeria.