Discrimination between Francisella tularensis and Francisella-like endosymbionts when screening ticks by PCR

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 7594-7597

  Kugeler, Kiersten J ^a   Gurfield, Nikos ^b   Creek, Jean G ^b   Mahoney, Kerry S ^b   Versage, Jessica L ^a,c   Petersen, Jeannine M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b San Diego County Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; RNA; SCREENING;

ENDOSYMBIONTS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; TULAREMIA;

MICROBIOLOGY;

RNA 16S;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ENDOSYMBIONT; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TULAREMIA;

ANIMALS; FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS; TICKS; TULAREMIA;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS;

EID: 32044433031     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.11.7594-7597.2005     Document Type: Article

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