Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
First Molecular Detection of Rickettsia felis-Like Organism in Eulaelaps stabularis from the Changbai Mountain Area of China.
- Journal:
- The Journal of parasitology
- Year:
- 2015
- Authors:
- Fang, Wei et al.
- Affiliation:
- School of Public Health · China
- Species:
- cat
Abstract
In 557 mites collected from rodents in the Changbai Mountain Area, 3 pools of Eulaelaps stabularis from Apodemus peninsulae and Apodemus agrarius showed a positive result by PCR amplifications of both the citrate synthase encoding gene (gltA) and outer membrane protein B encoding gene (ompB) of Rickettsia spp. Sequence analysis indicated that both gltA and ompB shared the high similarity (99%) to Rickettsia felis . The data presented in this paper extend the knowledge on the geographic distribution and host information of R. felis -like organism in China.
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