First isolation and identification of Rickettsia conorii from ticks collected in the region of fokida in Central Greece

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 3317-3319

  Psaroulaki, Anna ^a,b   Spyridaki, Ioanna ^a   Ioannidis, Alexandros ^a   Babalis, Thomas ^a   Gikas, Achilleas ^a   Tselentis, Yannis ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GREECE; INFECTION RATE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIA RHIPICEPHALI; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; TICK;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIA RHIPICEPHALI; RICKETTSIALES; SPOTTED FEVER GROUP;

EID: 0037492807     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3317-3319.2003     Document Type: Article

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