Genotypic Characterization of Rickettsia bellii Reveals Distinct Lineages in the United States and South America
The bacterium Rickettsia bellii belongs to a basal group of rickettsiae that diverged prior to the pathogenic spotted fever group and typhus group Rickettsia species. Despite a diverse representation of R. bellii across more than 25 species of hard and soft ticks in the American continent, phylogeog...
Main Authors: | Felipe S. Krawczak, Marcelo B. Labruna, Joy A. Hecht, Christopher D. Paddock, Sandor E. Karpathy |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2018-01-01
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Series: | BioMed Research International |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8505483 |
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