Ixodid ticks were collected opportunistically from domestic animals and wildlife during veterinary procedures at multiple locations, including livestock ranches and wildlife conservancies, in Laikipia
This project will provide the genome sequence of Rickettsia hoogstraalii Croatica (=DSM 22243=UTMB 00003), which was isolated from Haemaphysalis sulcata ticks collected in Croatia in 2000.
R. raoultii, strain Khabarovsk was originally detected in Dermacentor nutallii ticks. The species is known to cause a tick-borne diseases (SENLAT). The genome sequences will be used in comparative gen
