Genetic characterization of spotted fever group rickettsiae in questing ixodid ticks collected in Israel and environmental risk factors for their infection
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DOI: 10.1017/s0031182017000336
Abstract: SUMMARY This study aimed to genetically characterize spotted fever group rickettsiae (SFGR) in questing ixodid ticks from Israel and to identify risk factors associated with SFGR-positive ticks using molecular techniques and geographic information systems (GIS)… read more here.
Keywords: risk; questing ixodid; fever group; rickettsia ... See more keywords
Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Inner Mongolia, China, 2015–2016
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DOI: 10.3201/eid2411.162094
Abstract: We found Rickettsia raoultii infection in 6/261 brucellosis-negative patients with fever of unknown origin in brucellosis-endemic Inner Mongolia, China. We further identified Hyalomma asiaticum ticks associated with R. raoultii, H. marginatum ticks associated with R.… read more here.
Keywords: mongolia china; ticks associated; inner mongolia; fever group ... See more keywords