Rickettsia felis: A new species of Pathogenic rickettsia isolated from cat flcas

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 671-674

  Higgins, James A ^a   Radulovic, Suzana ^a   Schriefer, Martin E ^a,b   Azad, Abdu F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; PHTHIRAPTERA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AKARI; RICKETTSIA AUSTRALIS; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BASE PAIRING; CAT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLEA; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CATS; FLEAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RICKETTSIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 0030059592     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.3.671-674.1996     Document Type: Article

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