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FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 12, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.795500
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horse; infection; Rickettsia raoultii; tick-borne pathogens; China
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Through molecular examination, this study identified the presence of R. raoultii gene sequences in horses and their ticks in China, indicating the potential role of horses in the epidemiology of R. raoultii.
Rickettsia raoultii is a tick-borne pathogen that infects humans; however, the vertebrate hosts of this pathogen have not been clearly defined. Our molecular examination of Rickettsia spp. infecting mammals and ticks in China, identified the gltA, ompA, and 17KD gene sequences of R. raoultii in horses and their ticks. This indicates a role of horses in R. raoultii epidemiology.
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