Genetic variation in Australian spotted fever group rickettsiae

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1526-1530

  Baird, Robert W ^a   Stenos, John ^b   Stewart, Rob ^c   Hudson, Bernie ^d   Lloyd, Megan ^b   Aiuto, Sandra ^b   Dwyer, Brian ^e  

^a MELBOURNE PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

^b FAIRFIELD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Whitemark   (Australia)

^d ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS;

ANIMALIA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AKARI; RICKETTSIA AUSTRALIS; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA HONEI; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA;

EID: 0029897436     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.6.1526-1530.1996     Document Type: Article

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