Guidelines for the Detection of Rickettsia spp.
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases2017Vol. 17(1), pp. 23–32
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Aránzazu Portillo, Rita de Sousa, Sonia Santibáñez, Ana Duarte, Sophie Edouard, Isabel Pereira da Fonseca, Cátia Marques, Markéta Nováková, Ana M. Palomar, Marcos Santos, Cornelia Silaghi, Laura Tomassone, Sara Zúquete, José A. Oteo
Abstract
The genus Rickettsia (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) includes Gram-negative, small, obligate intracellular, nonmotile, pleomorphic coccobacilli bacteria transmitted by arthropods. Some of them cause human and probably also animal disease (life threatening in some patients). In these guidelines, we give clinical practice advices (microscopy, serology, molecular tools, and culture) for the microbiological study of these microorganisms in clinical samples. Since in our environment rickettsioses are mainly transmitted by ticks, practical information for the identification of these arthropods and for the study of Rickettsia infections in ticks has also been added.
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