Table. Sequence similarities for the ompA and 17-kDa genes from Rickettsia spp. amplified and sequenced from the patient’s blood and from the Amblyomma americanum tick, North Carolina, 2010*.
| Characteristic |
ompA
|
|
17-kDa
|
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
R. rickettsii
|
R. parkeri
|
R. amblyommii
|
R. rickettsii
|
R. parkeri
|
R. parkeri
|
R. amblyommii
|
R. amblyommii
|
||
| GenBank no. | DQ002504 | U43802 | AY062007 | AY281069 | EF102237 | U17008 | AY375162 | U11013 | |
| Tick sequence
similarities, bp |
180/180 |
171/180 |
159/180 |
|
502/502 |
496/497 |
486/489 |
480/490 |
479/489 |
| Patient sequence similarities, bp | 176/176 | 159/180 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
*ompA, outer membrane protein A gene; NA, amplicon not obtained from patient’s blood sample for sequence comparison.