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