Rickettsia monacensis

Rickettsia monacensis is a tick-borne (Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes nipponensis)[1][2] spotted fever group Rickettsia species.[3]

Rickettsia monacensis
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rickettsiales
Family: Rickettsiaceae
Genus: Rickettsia
Species group: Spotted fever group
Species:
R. monacensis
Binomial name
Rickettsia monacensis
Simser et al. 2002

References
  1. Shin, Sun-Hye; Seo, Hyun-Ji; Choi, Yeon-Joo; Choi, Min-Kyung; Kim, Heung-Chul; Klein, Terry A.; Chong, Sung-Tae; Richards, Allen L.; Park, Kyung-Hee; Jang, Won-Jong (2013). "Detection of Rickettsia monacensis from Ixodes nipponensis collected from rodents in Gyeonggi and Gangwon Provinces, Republic of Korea". Experimental and Applied Acarology. 61 (3): 337–347. doi:10.1007/s10493-013-9699-1. ISSN 0168-8162. PMID 23624621.
  2. Akl, Toufic; Bourgoin, Gilles; Souq, Marie-Line; Appolinaire, Joël; Poirel, Marie-Thérèse; Gibert, Philippe; Abi Rizk, Georges; Garel, Mathieu; Zenner, Lionel (2019). "Detection of tick-borne pathogens in questing Ixodes ricinus in the French Pyrenees and first identification of Rickettsia monacensis in France". Parasite. 26: 20. doi:10.1051/parasite/2019019. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 6447091. PMID 30943150.
  3. Simser, J. A.; Palmer, A. T.; Fingerle, V.; Wilske, B.; Kurtti, T. J.; Munderloh, U. G. (2002). "Rickettsia monacensis sp. nov., a Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia, from ticks (Ixodes ricinus) collected in a European city park". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 68 (9): 4559–4566. doi:10.1128/AEM.68.9.4559-4566.2002. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 124077. PMID 12200314.

Further reading
  • Baldridge, Gerald D., et al. "Transposon insertion reveals pRM, a plasmid of Rickettsia monacensis." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73.15 (2007): 4984-4995.
  • Madeddu, Giordano; Mancini, Fabiola; Caddeo, Antonello; Ciervo, Alessandra; Babudieri, Sergio; Maida, Ivana; Fiori, Maria Laura; Rezza, Giovanni; Mura, Maria Stella (2012). "Rickettsia monacensis as Cause of Mediterranean Spotted Fever–like Illness, Italy". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 18 (4): 702–704. doi:10.3201/eid1804.111583. ISSN 1080-6040. PMC 3309684. PMID 22469314.
  • Lee, Kyung-Min; Choi, Yeon-Joo; Shin, Sun-Hye; Choi, Min-Kyung; Song, Hyeon-Je; Kim, Heung-Chul; Klein, Terry A.; Richards, Allen L.; Park, Kyung-Hee; Jang, Won-Jong (2013). "Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia closely related to Rickettsia monacensis isolated from ticks in South Jeolla Province, Republic of Korea". Microbiology and Immunology. 57 (7): 487–95. doi:10.1111/1348-0421.12062. ISSN 0385-5600. PMID 23621111.
  • Jado, Isabel, et al. "Rickettsia monacensis and human disease, Spain."Emerging infectious diseases 13.9 (2007): 1405.


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