@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-46-2-611, author = "KELLY, PATRICK J. and BEATI, LORENZA and MASON, PETER R. and MATTHEWMAN, LINDA A. and ROUX, VÉRONIQUE and RAOULT, DIDIER", title = "Rickettsia africae sp. nov., the Etiological Agent of African Tick Bite Fever", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "1996", volume = "46", number = "2", pages = "611-614", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-46-2-611", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-46-2-611", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "We propose the name Rickettsia africae sp. nov. (with type strain Z9-Hu) for a distinct species of spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiae that is the etiological agent of African tick bite fever in humans. This rickettsia has a distinct natural cycle and can be phenotypically distinguished from the other SFG rickettsiae by microimmunofluorescence serotyping, by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and by Western blotting (immunoblotting). Genotypic differences between R. africae and the other SFG rickettsiae can be demonstrated by PCR restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, and sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene.", }