TY - JOUR
AU - Billings, Adrian N.
AU - Teltow, Glenna J.
AU - Vasilakis, Nikos
AU - Walker, David H.
T1 - Molecular Characterization of a Novel Rickettsia Species from Ixodes scapularis in Texas
T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal
PY - 1998
VL - 4
IS - 2
SP - 305
SN - 1080-6059
AB - A novel Rickettsia species of undetermined pathogenicity was detected in Ixodes scapularis. DNA sequencing showed the highest nucleotide sequence similarities with R. australis for the 17 kDa gene, R. helvetica for gltA, and R. montana for rompA. The new organism, provisionally designated as genotype Cooleyi, is highly divergent in three conserved genes from recognized Rickettsia species.
KW - United States
DO - 10.3201/eid0402.980221
UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/4/2/98-0221_article
ER - End of Reference