''Rickettsia asiatica'' is a
tick-borne pathogenic species borne by ''
Ixodes ovatus
''Ixodes'' is a genus of hard-bodied ticks (family Ixodidae). It includes important disease vectors of animals and humans (tick-borne disease), and some species (notably ''Ixodes holocyclus'') inject toxins that can cause paralysis. Some ti ...
''. The type strain of ''Rickettsia asiatica'' sp. nov. is IO-1
T (=CSUR R2
T).
References
Further reading
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*Hechemy, Karim E., Philippe Brouqui, and James E. Samuel, eds.Rickettsiology and Rickettsial Diseases. Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
External links
LPSN*
Rickettsiaceae
Bacteria described in 2006
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