Detection of a Rickettsia Closely Related to Rickettsia aeschlimannii, "Rickettsia heilongjiangensis," Rickettsia sp. Strain RpA4, and Ehrlichia muris in Ticks Collected in Russia and Kazakhstan

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2221-2223

  Shpynov, Stanislav ^a,b   Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^a   Rudakov, Nikolay ^b   Tankibaev, Marat ^d   Tarasevich, Irina ^c   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Omsk Research Institute of Natural Foci Infections   (Russian Federation)

^c GAMALEYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d Medical Academy   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA MURIS; GENUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII; RICKETTSIA HEILONGJIANGENSIS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE; USSR;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMANS; KAZAKHSTAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RUSSIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS;

ACARI; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ARACHNIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA MURIS; HEXAPODA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII; RICKETTSIA HEILONGJIANGENSIS; RICKETTSIA SP.; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 2442512170     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.5.2221-2223.2004     Document Type: Article

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