Detection of spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiae in Dermacentor reticulatus (Acari: Ixodidae) in Poland

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 296, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 144-148

  Stańczak, Joanna ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dermacentor reticulatus; PCR; Poland; Rickettsia spp.; Spotted fever group rickettsiae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CITRATE SYNTHASE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HONEI; RICKETTSIA SIBIRICA; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 33747709470     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2006.01.014     Document Type: Article

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