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Ornithodoros moubata , a Soft Tick Vector for Rickettsia in East Africa?
Author(s) -
CUTLER SALLY J,
BROWNING PAUL,
SCOTT JULIE C
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.1374.074
Subject(s) - argasidae , tanzania , ornithodoros , virology , biology , vector (molecular biology) , tick , zoology , rickettsia , ixodidae , geography , virus , recombinant dna , biochemistry , environmental planning , gene
Abstract: Omithodoros moubata complex (Argasidae) ticks collected from human dwellings in central Tanzania were found to carry a novel rickettsial species that clustered among the spotted fever group. Atlhough no evidence of human infection was evident, these ticks feed primarily on man, thus providing opportunity for zoonotic infection.