Polygenic detection of Rickettsia felis in cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) from Israel

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 444-448

  Bauer, Omri ^a   Baneth, Gad ^a   Eshkol, Tamar ^b   Shaw, Susan E ^c   Harrus, Shimon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Let the Animals Live Association   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; CITRATE SYNTHASE; ELONGATION FACTOR G; OMP ALPHA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; OMP-ALPHA PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA DETERMINATION; FLEA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; ISRAEL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIOSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATS; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOGS; FLEAS; ISRAEL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR G; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 33645997405     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.74.444     Document Type: Article

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