Rickettsia gravesii sp. Nov.: A novel spotted fever group rickettsia in Western Australian Amblyomma triguttatum triguttatum ticks

• Main Authors: Mohammad Y. Abdad, Rita Abou Abdallah, Khalid El Karkouri, Mamadou Beye, John Stenos, Helen Owen, Nathan Unsworth, Ian Robertson, Stuart D. Blacksell, Thi Tien Nguyen, Claude Nappez, Didier Raoult, Stan Fenwick, Pierre Edouard Fournier
• Other Authors: Murdoch University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Immunology and Microbiology
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/41396
• Institution: Mahidol University

© 2017 IUMS. A rickettsial organism harboured by Amblyomma triguttatum ticks on Barrow Island, Western Australia, was discovered after reports of possible rickettsiosis among local workers. Subsequent isolation of this rickettsia (strain BWI-1) in cell culture and analysis of its phylogenetic, genot...