Rickettsia asembonensis Characterization by Multilocus Sequence Typing of Complete Genes, Peru.

Authors :: Loyola S
Flores-Mendoza C
Torre A
Kocher C
Melendrez M
Luce-Fedrow A
Maina AN
Richards AL
Leguia M
Source :: Emerging infectious diseases [Emerg Infect Dis] 2018 May; Vol. 24 (5), pp. 931-933.
Publication Year :: 2018
Abstract: While studying rickettsial infections in Peru, we detected Rickettsia asembonensis in fleas from domestic animals. We characterized 5 complete genomic regions (17kDa, gltA, ompA, ompB, and sca4) and conducted multilocus sequence typing and phylogenetic analyses. The molecular isolate from Peru is distinct from the original R. asembonensis strain from Kenya.

Subjects :: Animals
Peru
Phylogeny
Rickettsia classification
Siphonaptera microbiology
DNA, Bacterial genetics
Multilocus Sequence Typing
Rickettsia genetics
Rickettsia isolation & purification

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