Characterization of spotted fever group rickettsiae detected in dogs and ticks in Okinawa, Japan

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 257-263

  Satoh, Hiroshi ^a   Motoi, Yurie ^a   Camer, Gerry A ^b   Inokuma, Hisashi ^c   Izawa, Masako ^d   Kiyuuna, Tsuyoshi ^e   Kumazawa, Norichika ^d   Muramatsu, Yasukazu ^a   Ueno, Hiroshi ^a   Morita, Chiharu ^a  

^a RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b University of Eastern Philippines   (Philippines)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^e Okinawa Prefectural Animal Pound and Protection Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Okinawa; PCR; Phylogenetic analysis; Spotted fever group rickettsiae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; CITRATE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; JAPAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROLOGY; TICK;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TICKS;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; JAPONICA; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII; RICKETTSIA JAPONICA; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIA RHIPICEPHALI; RICKETTSIALES; SPOTTED FEVER GROUP;

EID: 0036242111     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2002.tb02694.x     Document Type: Article

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