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Volume 30, Number 7—July 2024
Research

Newly Recognized Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia as Cause of Severe Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever–Like Illness, Northern California, USA

Will S. ProbertComments to Author , Monica P. Haw, Aran C. Nichol, Carol A. Glaser, Sarah Y. Park, Laura E. Campbell, Kavita K. Trivedi, Hannah Romo, Megan E.M. Saunders, Anne M. Kjemtrup, Kerry A. Padgett, and Jill K. Hacker
Author affiliations: California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California, USA (W.S. Probert, M.P. Haw, C.A. Glaser, H. Romo, M.E.M Saunders, K.A. Padgett, J.K. Hacker); Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California, USA (A.C. Nichol); Karius, Redwood City, California, USA (S.Y. Park); Alameda County Public Health Department, San Leandro, California, USA (L.E. Campbell, K.K. Trivedi); California Department of Public Health, Sacramento, California, USA (A.M. Kjemtrup)

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Table 3

Rickettsia sp. CA23RL1 sequence similarity with Rickettsia rickettsii and Rickettsia 364D in study of newly recognized SFG Rickettsia as cause of severe RMSF-like illness, northern California, USA *

Rickettsia sp. CA23RL1 target sequence R. rickettsii sequence similarity† Rickettsia 364 sequence similarity‡
16S rRNA 99.7% 99.6%
gltA 99.2% 99.6%
ompA 96.8% 97.3%
ompB 98.6% 98.8%
sca4 98.6% 98.6%

*RMSF, Rocky Mountain spotted fever; SFG, spotted fever group. †Rickettsia rickettsii strain Sheila Smith, GenBank accession no. CP000848.1. ‡Rickettsia 364D, GenBank accession no. CP003308.1.

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