TY - JOUR
T1 - First isolation of Rickettsia slovaca from Dermacentor marginatus in France
AU - Beati, L.
AU - Finidori, J. P.
AU - Raoult, D.
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - Three rickettsial strains isolated from Dermacentor marginatus ticks in southern France in 1991 were characterized by sodium dodecyl sulfate- polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Western blotting with polyclonal mouse antisera, microimmunofluorescence serologic typing, and the polymerase chain reaction followed by analysis of restriction fragment length polymorphisms. By these methods, the isolates appear to be identical to the spotted fever group rickettsia, Rickettsia slovaca, which has so far been found only in Czechoslovakia. The fact that this rickettsial strain of unknown pathogenicity may occur in the same regions where R. conorii is endemic is of particular epidemiologic importance.
AB - Three rickettsial strains isolated from Dermacentor marginatus ticks in southern France in 1991 were characterized by sodium dodecyl sulfate- polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Western blotting with polyclonal mouse antisera, microimmunofluorescence serologic typing, and the polymerase chain reaction followed by analysis of restriction fragment length polymorphisms. By these methods, the isolates appear to be identical to the spotted fever group rickettsia, Rickettsia slovaca, which has so far been found only in Czechoslovakia. The fact that this rickettsial strain of unknown pathogenicity may occur in the same regions where R. conorii is endemic is of particular epidemiologic importance.
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U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.1993.48.257
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.1993.48.257
M3 - Article
C2 - 8095380
AN - SCOPUS:0027459497
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 48
SP - 257
EP - 268
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 2
ER -
