| detection of rickettsia hoogstraalii, rickettsia helvetica, rickettsia massiliae, rickettsia slovaca and rickettsia aeschlimannii in ticks from sardinia, italy. | tick-borne diseases represent a large proportion of infectious diseases that have become a world health concern. the presence of rickettsia spp. was evaluated by standard pcr and sequencing in 123 ticks collected from several mammals and vegetation in sardinia, italy. this study provides the first evidence of the presence of rickettsia hoogstralii in haemaphysalis punctata and haemaphysalis sulcata ticks from mouflon and rickettsia helvetica in ixodes festai ticks from hedgehog. in addition, ric ... | 2017 | 28110915 |
| molecular detection of spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks removed from humans in turkey. | a total of 229 attached hard ticks were collected from humans in yozgat province (turkey) in 2009. all ticks were individually examined for the presence of spotted fever group (sfg) rickettsiae using the polymerase chain reaction (pcr) targeting rickettsial citrate synthase (glta) and outer membrane protein (ompa) genes. rickettsial dna was detected in 24 (10.5%) tick samples belonging to dermacentor marginatus (sulzer) (9 males, 3 females), hyalomma marginatum koch (8 males, 2 females) and haem ... | 2016 | 27131413 |