1. Detection and Identification of RickettsiaSpecies in the Northeast of Italy.
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Romina Floris, Ayse Nur Yurtman, Erica Faverio Margoni, Katja Mignozzi, Barbara Boemo, Alfredo Altobelli, and Marina Cinco
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CASTOR bean tick ,RICKETTSIA ,DISEASE prevalence ,NON-coding RNA ,VIRAL genomes ,GENE expression - Abstract
This study was carried out using Ixodes ricinusticks collected during 2005 and 2006 from the Friuli Venezia Giulia (FVG) region in the northeastern part of Italy and an area along the Slovenian side of the western border of Italy. The results indicate that Rickettsiaspp. is widely distributed throughout these areas, with the greatest prevalence in the central part of the FVG region. The prevalence of Rickettsiaspp. was 4.5 during 2005 and 6.1 during 2006. By sequencing the 16S rRNA gene, we show for the first time the presence of Rickettsia helveticain I. ricinusticks in the FVG region and the presence of R. monacensisin ticks in both areas. Furthermore, we detected a sequence with a high homology with that of R. limoniaein a tick obtained from the alpine zone. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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