Taxonomic relationships among spotted fever group Rickettsiae as revealed by antigenic analysis with monoclonal antibodies

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 887-896

  Xu, Wenbin ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS; TAXONOMY;

RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIA AKARI; RICKETTSIA BELLII; RICKETTSIA CONARII; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIA SIBIRICA; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA;

EID: 0031919121     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.4.887-896.1998     Document Type: Article

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