TY - JOUR
T1 - Rickettsia africae sp. nov., the etiological agent of African tick bite fever
AU - Kelly, Patrick J.
AU - Beati, Lorenza
AU - Mason, Peter R.
AU - Matthewman, Linda A.
AU - Roux, Véronique
AU - Raoult, Didier
PY - 1996/4
Y1 - 1996/4
N2 - We propose the name Rickettsia africae sp. nov. (with type strain Z9-Hu) for a distinct species of spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiae that is the etiological agent of African tick bite fever in humans. This rickettsia has a distinct natural cycle and can he phenotypically distinguished from the other SFG riekettsiae by microimmunofluorescence serotyping, by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and by Western blotting (immunoblotting). Genotypic differences between R. africae and the other SFG riekettsiae can be demonstrated by PCR restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, and sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene.
AB - We propose the name Rickettsia africae sp. nov. (with type strain Z9-Hu) for a distinct species of spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiae that is the etiological agent of African tick bite fever in humans. This rickettsia has a distinct natural cycle and can he phenotypically distinguished from the other SFG riekettsiae by microimmunofluorescence serotyping, by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and by Western blotting (immunoblotting). Genotypic differences between R. africae and the other SFG riekettsiae can be demonstrated by PCR restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, and sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0029978780
U2 - 10.1099/00207713-46-2-611
DO - 10.1099/00207713-46-2-611
M3 - Article
C2 - 8934912
AN - SCOPUS:0029978780
SN - 0020-7713
VL - 46
SP - 611
EP - 614
JO - International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology
JF - International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology
IS - 2
ER -