Acta tropica
Molecular detection of Coxiella endosymbionts associated with ixodid ticks recovered from animals and man in Mexico: Phylogeography and haplotype diversity analysis.
Estefania Grostieta, Beatriz Salceda-Sánchez, Héctor M Zazueta-Islas, Miguel Tenchipe-Márquez, Laura V Mondragon-Peña, Joselin Benítez, Paola Yesenia García Castillo, Carlos I Miranda-Caballero, Gabriela Aguilar-Tipacamú, Miguel A Alonso-Diaz, Roger I Rodríguez-Vivas, Jorge L Chagoya-Fuentes, Edelmira Jácome-Sosa, Herón Huerta, Ingeborg Becker
Published: 202610.1016/j.actatropica.2026.107984
Abstract
For over 80 years, the genus Coxiella was considered monotypic, comprising only Coxiella burnetii, the aetiological agent of Q fever. Recent studies, however, have revealed several candidate species and genetic lineages associated with ticks, many of…
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