Characterization of a spotted fever group rickettsia from Ixodes ricinus ticks in Sweden

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 243-247

  Nilsson, Kenneth ^a,b   Jaenson, Thomas G T ^c   Uhnoo, Ingrid ^a   Lindquist, Olle ^c   Pettersson, Bertil ^d   Uhlén, Mathias ^d   Friman, Göran ^a   Påhlson, Carl ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; CROSS REACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RICKETTSIA; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SWEDEN; TICK;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES RICINUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA SP.; TYPHUS GROUP;

EID: 0031060013     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.1.243-247.1997     Document Type: Article

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