| co-circulation of multiple species of rickettsiales bacteria in one single species of hard ticks in shenyang, china. | bacteria in the order rickettsiales include some of the most important zoonotic (re)emerging pathogens for animals and humans. in 2012, a total of 1267 adult haemaphysalis longicornis ticks were collected from domestic animals (cattle and sheep) in shenyang of liaoning province, china. these ticks were grouped into 181 pools (each pool with 6-7 ticks). rickettsiales agents were identified in 93 (51.38%) tick pools using pcr targeting rrs (16s rrna). in addition to 16s rrna gene sequences, glta a ... | 2014 | 25131152 |