Presence of Rickettsia conorii subsp. israelensis, the causative agent of Israeli spotted fever, in Sicily, Italy, ascertained in a retrospective study

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 6027-6031

  Giammanco, Giovanni M ^a   Vitale, Giustina ^a   Mansueto, Serafino ^a   Capra, Giuseppina ^a   Caleca, Maria Pia ^a   Ammatuna, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ISRAELI SPOTTED FEVER; ITALY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMPA GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA ISRAELENSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUBSPECIES;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII;

EID: 30744446025     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.12.6027-6031.2005     Document Type: Article

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