Naming of Rickettsiae and Rickettsial Diseases

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Authors

Didier Raoult · Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée

Pierre‐Edouard Fournier · Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée

Marina E. Eremeeva · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Stephen Graves · Geelong Hospital

Patrick Kelly · Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine

José A. Oteo · Hospital General de La Rioja

Zuzana Sekeyová

Abstract

Over the last 20 years, advances in molecular techniques have greatly facilitated the identification of the members of the Rickettsiales, and numerous new species and diseases have been described. In this paper, we review taxonomic rules and appropriate approaches to valid naming of rickettsial species and the diseases they cause.

Topics & Keywords

Vector-borne infectious diseases Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life in Land

Publication Details

Published in: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volume 1063, Issue 1, pp. 1-12

DOI: 10.1196/annals.1355.002

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