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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2004, p. 2221-2223, Vol. 42, No. 5
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.5.2221-2223.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Detection of a Rickettsia Closely Related to Rickettsia aeschlimannii, "Rickettsia heilongjiangensis," Rickettsia sp. Strain RpA4, and Ehrlichia muris in Ticks Collected in Russia and Kazakhstan

Stanislav Shpynov,1,2 Pierre-Edouard Fournier,1 Nikolay Rudakov,2 Marat Tankibaev,3 Irina Tarasevich,4 and Didier Raoult1*

Unité des Rickettsies, IFR48, CNRS UMR 6020, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, 13385 Marseille Cedex 5, France,1 Omsk Research Institute of Natural Focus Infections, Omsk 644080,2 The Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Moscow 123098, Russia,4 Medical Academy, Karaganda, Kazakhstan3

Received 11 August 2003/ Returned for modification 11 November 2003/ Accepted 11 January 2004

Using PCR, we screened 411 ticks from four genera collected in Russia and Kazakhstan for the presence of rickettsiae and ehrlichiae. In Russia, we detected "Rickettsia heilongjiangensis," Rickettsia sp. strain RpA4, and Ehrlichia muris. In Kazakhstan, we detected Rickettsia sp. strain RpA4 and a rickettsia closely related to Rickettsia aeschlimannii. These agents should be considered in a differential diagnosis of tick-borne infections in these areas.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Unité des Rickettsies, IFR48, CNRS UMR 6020, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, 27, Bd. Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 5, France. Phone: (33) 491 32 43 75. Fax: (33) 491 38 77 72. E-mail: didier.raoult{at}medecine.univ-mrs.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2004, p. 2221-2223, Vol. 42, No. 5
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.5.2221-2223.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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