Characterization of a tandem repeat polymorphism in Rickettsia strains

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 833-841

  Vitorino, Liliana ^a,b   De Sousa, Rita ^b   Bacellar, Fatima ^b   Zé Zé, Líbia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; ISRAEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TANDEM REPEAT; TICK BITE; TYPHUS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TICKS;

EID: 24044550967     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45956-0     Document Type: Article

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