Table 4.
“Candidatus Rickettsia” spp. outside Europe
| “Ca. Rickettsia” spp. | Associated arthropod or source | Country of the first identification | Reference of the first identification | Associated human disease | Reference of associated disease |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “Ca. R. andeanae” | Amblyomma maculatum, Ixodes boliviensis | Perú | [139] | – | – |
| “Ca. R. kellyi” | Unknown arthropod (detected in a human skin biopsy from a maculopapular lesion) | India | [140] | Unnamed | [140] |
| “Ca. R. principis” | Haemaphysalis japonica | Russia | [141] | – | – |
| “Ca. R. tasmanensis” | Ixodes tasmani | Australia | [142] | – | – |
| “Ca. Rickettsia” sp. strain Argentina | Amblyomma parvum, Amblyomma pseudoconcolor | Argentina | [143] | – | – |
| “Ca. R. cooleyi” | Ixodes scapularis | USA | [144] | – | – |
| “Ca. R. hebeiii” | Haemaphysalis longicornis | China | [145] | – | – |
| “Ca. R. liberiensis” | Ixodes muniensis | Liberia | [146] | – | – |
| “Ca. R. kulagini” | Rhipicephalus annulatus | Kenya | [147] | – | – |
| “Ca. R. angustus” | Ixodes angustus | Canada | [148] | – | – |
| “Ca. R. kingi” | Ixodes kingi | Canada | [149] | – | – |
| “Ca. R. senegalensis” | Ctenocephalides felis (cat flea) | Senegal | [150] | – | – |
| “Ca. R. davousti” | Amblyomma sp. (attached to a human) | Gabon | [70] | – | – |
| “Ca. R. sepangensis” | Amblyomma varanense | Malaysia | [151] | – | – |
| “Ca. R. johorensis” | Amblyomma helvolum, Amblyomma varanense | Malaysia | [151] | – | – |
| “Ca. R. goldwasserii” | Haemaphysalis spp., Rhipicephalus spp. | Palestine | [152] | – | – |
| “Ca. R. gannanii” | Haemaphysalis qinghaiensis | China | [153] | – | – |
| “Ca. R. indica” | Human blood | Imported from India to Japan (traveler) | [154] | Unnamed | [154] |
| “Ca. R. moyalensis” | Rhipicephalus appendiculatus | Kenya | [155] | – | – |
| “Ca. R. wissemanii” | Ornithodoros hasei (soft tick) | French Guiana | [100] | – | – |