Short report: Isolation and identification of two spotted fever group rickettsial strains from patients in Catalonia, Spain

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 142-144

  Cardenosa N ^a   Roux, V ^b   Font, B ^a   Sanfeliu, I ^a   Raoult, D ^b   Segura, F ^a  

^a Hospital Universitari Parc Taulí   (Spain)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPAIN;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII;

EID: 0342368656     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2000.62.142     Document Type: Article

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