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. 2006 Oct:1078:368-72.
doi: 10.1196/annals.1374.073.

First molecular detection of R. conorii, R. aeschlimannii, and R. massiliae in ticks from Algeria

I Bitam  1 , P Parola, K Matsumoto, J M Rolain, B Baziz, S C Boubidi, Z Harrat, M Belkaid, Didier Raoult
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First molecular detection of R. conorii, R. aeschlimannii, and R. massiliae in ticks from Algeria

I Bitam et al. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2006 Oct.

Abstract

Ticks collected in Northern Algeria between May 2001 and November 2003 were tested by PCR for the presence of Rickettsia spp. DNA using primer amplifying gltA and OmpA genes. Three different spotted fever group rickettsias were amplified from these ticks: R. Conorii subsp. P. conorii strain Malish in Rhipicephalus sanguineus, R. aeschlimannii in Hyalomma marginatum, and R. massiliae in Rhipicephalus turanicus. Our results confirm the presence of R. conorii in ticks in Algeria and provide the first detection of R. aeschlimannii and R. massiliae in Algeria.

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