Rickettsia africae sp. nov., the etiological agent of African tick bite fever

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 611-614

  Kelly, Patrick J ^a   Beati, Lorenza ^b   Mason, Peter R ^a   Matthewman, Linda A ^a   Roux, Véronique ^b   Raoult, Didier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; RIBOSOME RNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEVER; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEROTYPING; TICK BITE;

EID: 0029978780     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-2-611     Document Type: Article

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