Isolation of Orientia tsutsugamushi from Leptotrombidium fuji and its characterization

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 201-204

  Tamura, Akira ^a   Makisaka, Yukie ^a   Kadosaka, Teruki ^b   Enatsu, Teruyuki ^a   Okubo, Koji ^a   Koyama, Shoichiro ^a   Qiang, Yu ^a   Urakami, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Leptotrombidium fuji; Leptotrombidium pallidum; Orientia tsutsugamushi; Rickettsia; Typing of Orientia tsutsugamushi

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MITE; NONHUMAN; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PHYLOGENY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTOTROMBIDIUM; LEPTOTROMBIDIUM FUJ; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PROKARYOTA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIALES; TROMBICULIDAE;

EID: 0034027175     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2000.tb02484.x     Document Type: Article

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