First Isolation of Rickettsia conorii from Human Blood in Croatia

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 630-634

  Sardelić, Sanda ^a   Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^b   Polić, Volga Punda ^a   Bradarić, Nikola ^a   Grgić, Dušanka ^a   Ivić, Ivo ^a   Ledina, Dragan ^a   Lukšić, Boris ^a   Milas, Ivo ^a   Raoult, Didier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Boutonneuse fever; Polymerase chain reaction; Rickettsia conorii; Rickettsia infections; Sequence analysis; Serology

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; CITRIC ACID; EDETIC ACID; GENOMIC DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CROATIA; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA CONORII;

EID: 0242612134     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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