Genotypic identification of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of DNA amplified by the polymerase chain reaction

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 647-651

  Horinouchi, Hisato ^a   Murai, Koichi ^a   Okayama, Akihiko ^a   Nagatomo, Yasuhiro ^a   Tachibana, Nobuyoshi ^b   Tsubouchi, Hirohito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b Oita Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCRUB TYPHUS;

ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 0030001248     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.54.647     Document Type: Article

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