Tick-borne rickettsial pathogens in ticks and small mammals in Korea

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 5766-5776

  Kim, Chul Min ^a   Yi, Ying Hua ^a   Yu, Do Hyeon ^a   Lee, Mi Jin ^a   Cho, Mae Rim ^a   Desai, Atul R ^a   Shringi, Smriti ^a   Klein, Terry A ^b   Kim, Heung Chul ^c   Song, Jin Won ^d   Baek, Luck Ju ^d   Chong, Sung Tae ^c   O'Guinn, Monica L ^e   Lee, John S ^e   Lee, In Yong ^f   Park, Jin Ho ^a   Foley, Janet ^g   Chae, Joon Seok ^a,g  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Force Health Protection   (United States)

^c 5th Medical Detachment   (United States)

^d Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFECTIOUS AGENTS; MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

BIODIVERSITY; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

MICROORGANISMS;

DNA FRAGMENT;

ASSAY; BACTERIUM; DNA; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PATHOGEN; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMALL MAMMAL; TICK;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; FEVER; HEMAPHYSALIS; INSECTIVORE; IXODES; KOREA; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RODENT; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANAPLASMA; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIA; HUMANS; IXODES; KOREA; MAMMALS; MURINAE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANIMALIA; APODEMUS AGRARIUS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; IXODES; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; MUSTELINAE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIA SP.; RODENTIA;

EID: 33748778206     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00431-06     Document Type: Article

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