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MICROBES AND INFECTION
Volume 17, Issue 11-12, Pages 862-865Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2015.08.011
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North Asian tick typhus; Rickettsia sibirica subsp sibirica; Rickettsia heilongjiangensis; Genotyping; Altai region; Russia
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Tick-borne rickettsioses (TBRs) have similar clinical symptoms and can give serological cross-reaction. We firstly found that in the natural foci of North Asian tick typhus (NATT) in the Altai region of Russia, TBRs can be caused by two Rickettsia species: Rickettsia sibirica subsp. sibirica (causative agent of NATT) and Rickettsia heilongjiangensis. Rickettsial DNA was detected in primary lesions, serum samples and blood clots using real-time PCR. Therefore, each case of TBRs should be verified by using molecular typing. TBR caused by R. sibirica subsp. sibirica - NATT dominates on the territory of Altai region. (C) 2015 Institut Pasteur. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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