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Coinfection of Two Rickettsia Species in a Single Tick Species Provides New Insight into Rickettsia - Rickettsia and Rickettsia -Vector Interactions

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: The rickettsiae are a group of obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacteria that include human pathogens causing an array of clinical symptoms and even death. There is an important question in the field, that is whether one infection can block the superinfection of other rickettsiae.

Source: Microbiology Spectrum

DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02323-22

Institutions: Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Shandong University, Yunnan Institute of Endemic Diseases Control and Prevention, University of Liverpool

Language: English

Topic: Vector-borne infectious diseases

Subfield: Parasitology

Field: Immunology and Microbiology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,500

Funders: University of Minnesota, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, Directorate for Biological Sciences, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

Awards: G3183091198, G3418493593, G3901825568, The Tick Cell Biobank - a UK and international biological resource, G9000269738

OpenAlex ID: W4297965355

FWCI: 1.48

Cites: 37

Cited by: 12

Related to: 10