Shpynov,S.N., Rudakov,N.V., Yastrebov,V.K., Khazova,T.G., Fournier,P.-E., Raoult,D.

Detection of Rickettsia hulinii in ticks of the Haemaphysalis concinna species in Russia

Research Institute of Natural Focal Infections, Omsk; Territorial Center of State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance, Krasnoyarsk, Russia; Mediterranean University, Marseil, France

The presence of Rickettsia hulinii was detected in ticks of the Haemaphysalis conci

a species in the Asiatic part of Russia. It was the first detection of these rickettsiae outside the territory of the Chinese People’s Republic. This tick is spread over a broken area and may occur in different regions of Eurasia. At present at least 3 rickettsial species of the tick-borne spotted fever group were found in Ixodes ticks on the territory of Eastern Siberia: R.sibirica, known to be the etiological agent of tick-borne rickettsiosis, R.hulinii with proved pathogeniciy for laboratory animals and R.DnS14 with no data available on its pathogenicity.
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2004, No.2, P. 26—29