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Volume 27, Number 8—August 2021
Research Letter

Molecular Detection and Characterization of Rickettsia asembonensis in Human Blood, Zambia

Lavel C. Moonga, Kyoko HayashidaComments to Author , Namwiinga R. Mulunda, Yukiko Nakamura, James Chipeta1, Hawela B. Moonga, Boniface Namangala, Chihiro Sugimoto, Zephaniah Mtonga, Mable Mutengo, and Junya Yamagishi
Author affiliations: Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan (L.C. Moonga, K. Hayashida, Y. Nakamura, C. Sugimoto, J. Yamagishi); University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia (N.R. Mulunda, J. Chipeta, B. Namangala, M. Mutengo); National Malaria Control Center, Lusaka (H.B. Moonga); Chongwe District Hospital, Lusaka (Z. Mtonga); Levy Mwanawasa Medical University, Lusaka (M. Mutengo)

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Phylogenetic tree of Rickettsia felis and R. felis–like organisms based on the sequences of the gltA gene (581 bp) from human blood samples collected from Zambia, 2019 (in bold). The tree was constructed using the neighbor-joining method with the maximum-likelihood model. Bootstrap values are shown on nodes based on 1,000 replicates. Sequences are identified by species name, GenBank accession number, host, and country of detection. Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.

Figure. Phylogenetic tree of Rickettsia felis and R. felis–like organisms based on the sequences of the gltA gene (581 bp) from human blood samples collected from Zambia, 2019 (in bold). The tree was constructed using the neighbor-joining method with the maximum-likelihood model. Bootstrap values are shown on nodes based on 1,000 replicates. Sequences are identified by species name, GenBank accession number, host, and country of detection. Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.

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1Deceased.

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