Multispacer typing of Rickettsia prowazekii enabling epidemiological studies of epidemic typhus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 4708-4712

  Zhu, Yong ^a   Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^a   Ogata, Hiroyuki ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CNRS Aix Marseille University   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

AMPLICON; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BURUNDI; EPIDEMIC; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); LOUSE; MOUSE; MULTISPACER TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TYPHUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; HUMANS; LICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TYPHUS, EPIDEMIC LOUSE-BORNE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PEDICULUS HUMANUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS CORPORIS; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII;

EID: 24744448436     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.9.4708-4712.2005     Document Type: Article

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