Sequence analysis of the hypervariable regions of the 56 kDa immunodominant protein genes of Orientia tsutsugamushi strains in Malaysia

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-71

  Tay, Sun Tee ^a   Rohani, Yasin Mond ^b   Ho, Tze Ming ^b   Shamala, Devi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

56 kDa immunodominant protein gene; Malaysia; Orientia tsutsugamushi

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EPITOPE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; MALAYSIA; NONHUMAN; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI;

EID: 14644398610     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2005.tb03641.x     Document Type: Article

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