Isolation of Rickettsia felis in the mosquito cell line C6/36

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1705-1707

  Horta, Maurício C ^a   Labruna, Marcelo B ^a   Durigon, Edison L ^a   Schumaker, Teresinha T S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CELLS; GENES; PROTEINS;

INFECTED CELLS; MOSQUITO CELL LINE C6/36; RICKETTSIA FELIS;

CELL CULTURE;

BACTERIAL DISEASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL LINE; CELL STRAIN C6 36; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GLTA GENE; INFECTION; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMPB GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA FELIS;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; GENES, BACTERIAL; RICKETTSIA FELIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS;

EID: 33144481725     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.2.1705-1707.2006     Document Type: Article

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