Rickettsia africae in Amblyomma variegatum ticks, Uganda and Nigeria

Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Oct;19(10):1705-7. doi: 10.3201/eid1910.130389.
No abstract available

Keywords: African tick-bite fever; Amblyomma variegatum; Nigeria; Rickettsia africae; Uganda; rickettsia; spotted fever group; ticks; vector-borne infections.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Arachnid Vectors / microbiology*
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Cattle
  • Cattle Diseases / parasitology*
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • DNA, Bacterial / isolation & purification
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ixodidae / microbiology*
  • Male
  • Multilocus Sequence Typing
  • Nigeria
  • Rickettsia / genetics*
  • Rickettsia Infections / microbiology
  • Rickettsia Infections / transmission
  • Risk Factors
  • Tick Infestations / parasitology
  • Tick Infestations / veterinary*
  • Uganda

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial