Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2012

DOI

10.1111/j.1574-695X.2011.00905.x

Publication Title

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volume

64

Issue

1

Pages

74-81

Abstract

Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae was identified during an investigation of a febrile outbreak in northwestern Peru (2002). DNA sequencing from two ticks (Amblyomma maculatum, Ixodes boliviensis) collected during the investigation revealed a novel Rickettsia agent with similarity to the spotted fever group rickettsiae. Since then, Candidatus R. similar to andeanae has been detected in A. maculatum ticks collected in the southeastern and southcentral United States, Argentina, and Peru. To date, Candidatus R. andeanae has not been successfully cultivated in the laboratory. We present evidence for the continuous cultivation in three cell lines of Candidatus R. similar to andeanae isolated from an A. maculatum tick (Portsmouth, Virginia).

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"I am an employee of the United States Government (A.L.R.), and this work was prepared as part of my official duties. Title 17 U.S.C. §105 provides that 'Copyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government.' Title 17 U.S.C. §101 defines a United States Government work as a work prepared by a military service member or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties."

Original Publication Citation

Luce-Fedrow, A., Wright, C., Gaff, H. D., Sonenshine, D. E., Hynes, W. L., & Richards, A. L. (2012). In vitro propagation of Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae isolated from Amblyomma maculatum. FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology, 64(1), 74-81. doi:10.1111/j.1574-695X.2011.00905.x

ORCID

0000-0002-4034-2684 (Gaff), 0000-0001-9370-918X (Sonenshine), 0000-0003-3998-7781 (Hynes)

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