3.8 Rickettsia molecular identification
The 16S, gltA , ompA , and ompB conserved sequences
carried by tick samples collected in this study were analyzed separately
and found to be highly consistent with literature (Xu et al., 2019)
(sequence similarities were >99%). Our results confirm
that ”Dandong-type Rickettsia ,” which has the closest genetic
sequence to Rickettsia in Heilongjiang, followed byRickettsia in Japan, were carried by the ticks. These results
show that ”Dandong-type Rickettsia ” is widely distributed in the
Changbai Mountain forest area.