TY - JOUR AU - Parola, Philippe AU - Inokuma, Hisashi AU - Camicas, Jean-Louis AU - Brouqui, Philippe AU - Raoult, Didier T1 - Detection and Identification of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae and Ehrlichiae in African Ticks T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2001 VL - 7 IS - 6 SP - 1014 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Rickettsia africae, a recently identified pathogen, was detected for the first time in Amblyomma ticks from Niger, Mali, Burundi, and Sudan, and "R. mongolotimonae" was identified for the first time in Africa. Rickettsiae of unknown pathogenicity and two new ehrlichiae of the Ehrlichia canis group were identified in ticks from Mali and Niger. KW - Rickettsia Africae KW - amblyomma ticks KW - R. mongolotimonae KW - Africa KW - Ehrlichia canis KW - France KW - Mali KW - Niger KW - Burundi KW - Sudan DO - 10.3201/eid0706.010616 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/6/01-0616_article ER - End of Reference