Discovery of novel Rickettsiella spp. in ixodid ticks from Western Canada

Author:

Anstead, CA, and Chilton, NB

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2013-12

Journal/Series title:

Applied and Environmental Biology

Volume:

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URL:

http://europepmc.org/abstract/MED/24334664

Abstract:

The genomic DNA from four species of ixodid ticks in western Canada was tested for the presence of Rickettsiella by PCR analyses targeting the 16S rRNA gene. Eighty-eight percent of the Ixodes angustus (n = 270), 43% of the I. sculptus (n = 61), and 4% of the I. kingi (n = 93) individuals examined were PCR positive for Rickettsiella, whereas there was no evidence for the presence of Rickettsiella in Dermacentor andersoni (n = 45).