{"response":{"status":"ok","message_type":"publication"},"id":4968,"citation":"Matsumoto et al., 2007, BMC Microbiology","doi":"10.1186/1471-2180-7-74","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/publications/4968.json","link_ext":"https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-7-74","title":"Detection of \"Rickettsia sp. strain Uilenbergi\" and \"Rickettsia sp. strain Davousti\" in Amblyomma tholloni ticks from elephants in Africa","journal":"BMC Microbiology","journal_loc":"7 (1)","journal_date":"2007-12-01","pub_type":"journal-article","abstract":"\u003cjats:title\u003eAbstract\u003c/jats:title\u003e\u003cjats:sec\u003e\u003cjats:title\u003eBackground\u003c/jats:title\u003e\u003cjats:p\u003eTo date, 6 tick-borne rickettsiae pathogenic for humans are known to occur in Africa and 4 of them were first identified in ticks before being recognized as human pathogens.\u003c/jats:p\u003e\u003c/jats:sec\u003e\u003cjats:sec\u003e\u003cjats:title\u003eResults\u003c/jats:title\u003e\u003cjats:p\u003eWe examined 33 and 5\u003cjats:italic\u003eAmblyomma tholloni\u003c/jats:italic\u003eticks from African elephants in the Central African Republic and Gabon, respectively, by PCR amplification and sequencing of a part of\u003cjats:italic\u003egltA\u003c/jats:italic\u003eand\u003cjats:italic\u003eompA\u003c/jats:italic\u003egenes of the genus\u003cjats:italic\u003eRickettsia\u003c/jats:italic\u003e. The partial sequences of\u003cjats:italic\u003egltA\u003c/jats:italic\u003eand\u003cjats:italic\u003eompA\u003c/jats:italic\u003egenes detected in tick in Gabon had 99.1% similarity with those of\u003cjats:italic\u003eR. heilongjiangensis\u003c/jats:italic\u003eand 97.1% with those of\u003cjats:italic\u003eRickettsia\u003c/jats:italic\u003esp. HL-93 strain, respectively. The partial\u003cjats:italic\u003egltA\u003c/jats:italic\u003eand\u003cjats:italic\u003eompA\u003c/jats:italic\u003egene sequences detected in tick in the Central African Republic were 98.9% and 95.1% similar to those of\u003cjats:italic\u003eRickettsia\u003c/jats:italic\u003esp. DnS14 strain and\u003cjats:italic\u003eR. massiliae\u003c/jats:italic\u003e, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis showed\u003cjats:italic\u003eRickettsia\u003c/jats:italic\u003esp. detected in Gabon clusters with\u003cjats:italic\u003eR. japonica\u003c/jats:italic\u003eand\u003cjats:italic\u003eR. heilongjiangensis\u003c/jats:italic\u003ein a phylogenetic tree based on the partial\u003cjats:italic\u003egltA\u003c/jats:italic\u003eand\u003cjats:italic\u003eompA\u003c/jats:italic\u003egenes. The genotype of the\u003cjats:italic\u003eRickettsia\u003c/jats:italic\u003esp. detected in the Central African Republic is close to those of\u003cjats:italic\u003eR. massiliae\u003c/jats:italic\u003egroup in the phylogenetic tree based on partial\u003cjats:italic\u003egltA\u003c/jats:italic\u003egene sequences, and distantly related to other rickettsiae in the tree based on partial\u003cjats:italic\u003eompA\u003c/jats:italic\u003egene.\u003c/jats:p\u003e\u003c/jats:sec\u003e\u003cjats:sec\u003e\u003cjats:title\u003eConclusion\u003c/jats:title\u003e\u003cjats:p\u003eThe degrees of similarity of partial\u003cjats:italic\u003egltA\u003c/jats:italic\u003eand\u003cjats:italic\u003eompA\u003c/jats:italic\u003egenes with recognized species indicate the rickettsiae detected in this study may be new species although we could only study the partial sequences of 2 genes regarding the amount of DNA that was available. We propose the\u003cjats:italic\u003eRickettsia\u003c/jats:italic\u003esp. detected in Gabon be provisionally named \"\u003cjats:italic\u003eRickettsia sp\u003c/jats:italic\u003e. stain Davousti\" and\u003cjats:italic\u003eRickettsia\u003c/jats:italic\u003esp. detected in the Central African Republic be named \"\u003cjats:italic\u003eRickettsia sp.\u003c/jats:italic\u003estrain Uilenbergi\".\u003c/jats:p\u003e\u003c/jats:sec\u003e","long_citation_html":"Matsumoto et al. (2007). Detection of \u0026quot;Rickettsia sp. strain Uilenbergi\u0026quot; and \u0026quot;Rickettsia sp. strain Davousti\u0026quot; in Amblyomma tholloni ticks from elephants in Africa.\n\u003ci\u003eBMC Microbiology\u003c/i\u003e.\n\u003ca href=\"https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-7-74\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-7-74\u003c/a\u003e\n","created_at":"2026-11-08T10:05:54.293Z","updated_at":"2026-11-09T00:00:21.506Z","authors":[{"id":3190,"given":"Kotaro","family":"Matsumoto","created_at":"2019-04-15T18:47:45.918Z","updated_at":"2019-04-15T18:47:45.918Z","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/authors/3190.json"},{"id":2413,"given":"Philippe","family":"Parola","created_at":"2019-04-15T18:47:22.633Z","updated_at":"2019-04-15T18:47:22.633Z","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/authors/2413.json"},{"id":1675,"given":"Jean-Marc","family":"Rolain","created_at":"2019-04-15T18:46:47.482Z","updated_at":"2019-04-15T18:46:47.482Z","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/authors/1675.json"},{"id":20026,"given":"Kathryn","family":"Jeffery","created_at":"2026-11-08T10:05:54.709Z","updated_at":"2026-11-08T10:05:54.709Z","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/authors/20026.json"},{"id":1681,"given":"Didier","family":"Raoult","created_at":"2019-04-15T18:46:47.525Z","updated_at":"2019-04-15T18:46:47.525Z","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/authors/1681.json"}],"names":[{"id":57182,"name":"Rickettsia davoustii","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/names/57182.json","uri":"https://seqco.de/i:57182"}],"subjects":[]}