Rickettsia helvetica in Ixodes ricinus ticks in Sweden

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 400-403

  Nilsson, Kenneth ^a,b   Lindquist, Olle ^c   Liu, Ai Jie ^a   Jaenson, Thomas G T ^d   Friman, Göran ^a   Påhlson, Carl ^a,e  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CITRATE SYNTHASE; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RICKETTSIA; RNA GENE; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032950160     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.2.400-403.1999     Document Type: Article

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