Volume 15, Number 12—December 2009
Dispatch
Diagnostic Assay for Rickettsia japonica
Table 1
Reactivity of the real-time PCR for Rickettsia strains used in this study*
Species | Strain | Isolation source | Reference | Real-time PCR |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rickettsia asiatica | IO-1 | Ixodes ovatus | ATCC VR-1593 (8) | – |
IO-2 | I. ovatus | (8) | – | |
IO-3 | I. ovatus | (8) | – | |
IO-25 | I. ovatus | (8) | – | |
IO-38 |
I. ovatus |
(8) |
– |
|
R. conorii |
Malish 7 |
Human |
ATCC VR 613T |
– |
R. heilongjiangensis |
CH8-1 |
Haemaphysalis concinna |
(6) |
+ |
R. helvetica | IM-1 | Ixodes monospinosus | (9) | – |
IP-1 | I. persulcatus | (9) | – | |
IP-2 | I. persulcatus | (10) | – | |
IP-6 |
I. persulcatus |
This study |
– |
|
R. honei |
TT-118 |
Ixodes sp. |
(11) |
– |
R. japonica | DT-1 | Dermacentor taiwanensis | (12) | + |
YH | Human | ATCC VR-1363 | + | |
FLA-1 | Haemaphysalis flava | (9) | + | |
HH-8 | H. hystricis | This study | + | |
HH-9 |
H. hystricis |
This study |
+ |
|
R. prowazekii |
breinl |
Human |
(13) |
– |
R. rickettsii |
Sheila Smith |
Human |
(14) |
– |
R. sibirica |
246 |
Human |
ATCC VR-151 |
– |
R. tamurae | AT-1 | Amblyomma testudinarium | ATCC VR-1594 (12) | – |
AT-4 | A. testudinarium | (6) | – | |
AT-13 |
A. testudinarium |
(6) |
– |
|
R. typhi |
Wilmington |
Human |
ATCC VR-144 |
– |
Rickettsia sp. LON | LON-2 | Haemaphysalis longicornis | (6) | – |
LON-9 | H. longicornis | (6) | – | |
LON-13 | H. longicornis | (6) | – |
*+, positive; –, not detected.
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