Proposal to create subspecies of Rickettsia conorii based on multi-locus sequence typing and an emended description of Rickettsia conorii

Zhu, Yong; Fournier, Pierre-Edouard; Eremeeva, Marina; Raoult, Didier

doi:10.1186/1471-2180-5-11

Table 2 Rickettsial isolates included in the study

From: Proposal to create subspecies of Rickettsia conorii based on multi-locus sequence typing and an emended description of Rickettsia conorii

Strain (ATCC number)	Original source	Geographical origin	Human disease	Passage history*	Strain provided by	Reference
*R. conorii*
Moroccan (VR-141)	Unknown	Morocco	Mediterranean spotted fever	118	ATCC	[49]
Malish (VR-613)	Unknown	South Africa	Mediterranean spotted fever	67	ATCC	Gear
Kenya	Haemaphysalis leachii	Kenya	Kenya tick typhus	17	G. Dasch ¶	[49]
M1	Rhipicephalus sanguineus	Georgia, former Soviet Union		12	Gamaleya Institute, Moscow	[50]
Zim 1	Rhipicephalus simus	Zimbabwe		10	P.J. Kelly **	[10]
Zim C	Haemaphysalis leachii	Zimbabwe		8	P.J. Kelly **	[51]
URRCSpain3	Human	Spain	Mediterranean spotted fever	20		PS ‡
16-B	Human	Spain	Mediterranean spotted fever	20	†	[52]
Spain96	Human	Spain	Mediterranean spotted fever	5	N. Cardenosa ¶¶	[53]
Portugal454	Human	Portugal	Mediterranean spotted fever	4	F. Bacellar † †	PS ‡
Portugal821	Human	Portugal	Mediterranean spotted fever	4	F. Bacellar † †	PS ‡
Portugal162	Human	Portugal	Mediterranean spotted fever	4	F. Bacellar † †	PS ‡
Portugal5	Human	Portugal	Mediterranean spotted fever	4		PS ‡
URRCFrance1	Human	France	Mediterranean spotted fever	4	†	PS ‡
URRCFrance2	Human	France	Mediterranean spotted fever	4	†	PS ‡
URRCFranceFEe4	Human	France	Mediterranean spotted fever	4	†	PS ‡
URRCFranceFEe5	Human	France	Mediterranean spotted fever	4	†	PS ‡
URRCFranceFEe6	Human	France	Mediterranean spotted fever	4	†	PS ‡
URRCFranceE7	Human	France	Mediterranean spotted fever	4	†	PS ‡
URRCFranceFEe8	Human	France	Mediterranean spotted fever	4	†	PS ‡
URRCFranceF9	Human	France	Mediterranean spotted fever	4	†	PS ‡
URRCFrance10	Human	France	Mediterranean spotted fever	4	†	PS ‡
URRCFranceFE11	Human	France	Mediterranean spotted fever	4	†	PS ‡
URRCFranceFE17	Human	France	Mediterranean spotted fever	4	†	PS ‡
URRCAlgeria18	Human	Algeria	Mediterranean spotted fever	4	†	PS ‡
URRCFranceFEe25	Human	France	Mediterranean spotted fever	4	†	PS ‡
URRCTunisia28	Human	Tunisia	Mediterranean spotted fever	4	†	PS ‡
URRCCroatia29	Human	Croatia	Mediterranean spotted fever	4	†	PS ‡
URRCFranceFEe31	Human	France	Mediterranean spotted fever	4	†	PS ‡
URRCFranceFEe32	Human	France	Mediterranean spotted fever	4	†	PS ‡
AH	Human	France	Mediterranean spotted fever	7	†	PS ‡
Indian tick typhus rickettsia
Indian (VR-597)	Rhipicephalus sanguineus	India	Indian tick typhus	20	ATCC	[12]
Astrakhan fever rickettsia
A-167	Rhipicephalus pumilio	Astrakhan region, former Soviet Union	Astrakhan fever	15	†	[19]
Chad	Human	Chad	Unnamed spotted fever	4	†	[31]
Israeli spotted fever rickettsia
ISTT CDC1	Rhipicephalus sanguineus	Israel	Israeli spotted fever	35	G. Dasch ¶	[14]
P426	Human	Portugal	Unnamed spotted fever	6	F. Bacellar † †	[33]

* The passage history refers to the number of passages of the strain on Vero cells (ATCC CRL-1587)
¶ Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
† Isolated in our laboratory
‡ PS = present study
** Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
¶¶Programa Asistencial de Malalties Infeccioses I Seccio de Microbiologia, Corporacio Sanitaria Parc Tauli, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
† † Centro de Estudos de Vectores e Doenças Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Aguas de Moura, Portugal

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