Rickettsia heilongjiangensis

Rickettsia heilongjiangensis is a species of gram negative Alphaproteobacteria, within the spotted fever group, being carried by ticks.[1] It is pathogenic (causing specific rickettsiosis called Far Eastern spotted fever).[2][3]

Rickettsia heilongjiangensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rickettsiales
Family: Rickettsiaceae
Genus: Rickettsia
Species group: Spotted fever group
Species:
R. heilongjiangensis
Binomial name
Rickettsia heilongjiangensis
Fournier et al., 2003

References

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  1. ^ Fournier, P.-E.; Dumler, J. S.; Greub, G.; Zhang, J.; Wu, Y.; Raoult, D. (2003). "Gene Sequence-Based Criteria for Identification of New Rickettsia Isolates and Description of Rickettsia heilongjiangensis sp. nov". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 41 (12): 5456–5465. doi:10.1128/JCM.41.12.5456-5465.2003. ISSN 0095-1137. PMC 308961. PMID 14662925.
  2. ^ Ando, Shuji; Kurosawa, Masahiro; Sakata, Akiko; Fujita, Hiromi; Sakai, Katsurou; Sekine, Masao; Katsumi, Masanori; Saitou, Wakana; Yano, Yasuhiro; Takada, Nobuhiro; Takano, Ai; Kawabata, Hiroki; Hanaoka, Nozomu; Watanabe, Haruo; Kurane, Ichiro; Kishimoto, Toshio (2010). "HumanRickettsia heilongjiangensisInfection, Japan". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 16 (8): 1306–1308. doi:10.3201/eid1608.100049. ISSN 1080-6040. PMC 3298298. PMID 20678332.
  3. ^ Mediannikov, Oleg Y.; Sidelnikov, Yuri; Ivanov, Leonid; Mokretsova, Eugenia; Fournier, Pierre-Edouard; Tarasevich, Irina; Raoult, Didier (2004). "Acute Tick-borne Rickettsiosis Caused byRickettsia sibiricain the Russian Far East". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 10 (5): 810–817. doi:10.3201/eid1005.030437. ISSN 1080-6040. PMC 3323216. PMID 15200813.

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