Isolation of a divergent strain of Rickettsia japonica from Dew's Australian bat Argasid ticks (Argas (Carios) dewae) in Victoria, Australia

Leonard Izzard; Matthew Chung; Julie Dunning Hotopp; Gemma Vincent; Daniel Paris; Stephen Graves; John Stenos

doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.07.007

Isolation of a divergent strain of Rickettsia japonica from Dew's Australian bat Argasid ticks (Argas (Carios) dewae) in Victoria, Australia

Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2018 Sep;9(6):1484-1488. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.07.007. Epub 2018 Jul 11.

Authors

Leonard Izzard¹, Matthew Chung², Julie Dunning Hotopp², Gemma Vincent¹, Daniel Paris³, Stephen Graves¹, John Stenos⁴

Affiliations

¹ Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
² University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
⁴ Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Electronic address: len.izzard@gmail.com.

Abstract

A divergent strain of Rickettsia japonica was isolated from a Dew's Australian bat argasid tick, Argas (Carios) dewae, collected in southern Victoria, Australia and a full-genome analysis along with sequencing of 5 core gene fragments was undertaken. This isolate was designated Rickettsia japonica str. argasii (ATCC VR-1665, CSUR R179).

Keywords: Argas; Australia; Bat; Carios; Rickettsia; japonica.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Animals
Argas / microbiology*
Chiroptera / microbiology
Disease Reservoirs / microbiology
Female
Genome, Bacterial*
Male
Phylogeny
Rickettsia / classification
Rickettsia / genetics
Rickettsia / isolation & purification*
Rickettsia / physiology
Sequence Analysis, DNA / veterinary
Victoria

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

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