On Rickettsia nomenclature.(COMMENTARY)(Editorial) From: Emerging Infectious Diseases | Date: March 1, 2008| Author: Massung, Robert F.; Nicholson, William L.; Eremeeva, Marina E.; Dasch, Gregory A. | COPYRIGHT 2008 U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

This issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases contains 2 independent reports of Rickettsia sibirica infections in Spain and Portugal. The authors identify the agent both as a subspecies (1) and as a strain (2). This inconsistency reflects a lack of consensus regarding the use of subspecies designations for Rickettsia taxa, so appropriate designation of these pathogens as strains or subspecies remains problematic.

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