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Table 4 “Candidatus Rickettsia” spp. outside Europe

From: Neglected aspects of tick-borne rickettsioses

Ca. Rickettsia” spp.

Associated arthropod or source

Country of the first identification

Reference of the first identification

Associated human disease

Reference of associated disease

Ca. R. andeanae”

Amblyomma maculatum, Ixodes boliviensis

Perú

[139]

Ca. R. kellyi”

Unknown arthropod (detected in a human skin biopsy from a maculopapular lesion)

India

[140]

Unnamed

[140]

“Ca. R. principis”

Haemaphysalis japonica

Russia

[141]

Ca. R. tasmanensis”

Ixodes tasmani

Australia

[142]

Ca. Rickettsia” sp. strain Argentina

Amblyomma parvum, Amblyomma pseudoconcolor

Argentina

[143]

Ca. R. cooleyi”

Ixodes scapularis

USA

[144]

Ca. R. hebeiii”

Haemaphysalis longicornis

China

[145]

Ca. R. liberiensis”

Ixodes muniensis

Liberia

[146]

Ca. R. kulagini”

Rhipicephalus annulatus

Kenya

[147]

Ca. R. angustus”

Ixodes angustus

Canada

[148]

Ca. R. kingi”

Ixodes kingi

Canada

[149]

Ca. R. senegalensis”

Ctenocephalides felis (cat flea)

Senegal

[150]

Ca. R. davousti”

Amblyomma sp. (attached to a human)

Gabon

[70]

Ca. R. sepangensis”

Amblyomma varanense

Malaysia

[151]

Ca. R. johorensis”

Amblyomma helvolumAmblyomma varanense

Malaysia

[151]

Ca. R. goldwasserii”

Haemaphysalis spp., Rhipicephalus spp.

Palestine

[152]

Ca. R. gannanii”

Haemaphysalis qinghaiensis

China

[153]

Ca. R. indica”

Human blood

Imported from India to Japan (traveler)

[154]

Unnamed

[154]

Ca. R. moyalensis”

Rhipicephalus appendiculatus

Kenya

[155]

Ca. R. wissemanii”

Ornithodoros hasei (soft tick)

French Guiana

[100]