Molecular detection of Rickettsia felis, Rickettsia typhi and two genotypes closely related to Bartonella elizabethae

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 727-731

  De Sousa, Rita ^a,b   Edouard Fournier, Pierre ^c   Santos Silva, Margarida ^a,b   Amaro, Fatima ^a,b   Bacellar, Fatima ^a,b   Raoult, Didier ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^b IFR 48   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEA; GENOTYPE; HEDGEHOG; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; ANIMAL; BARTONELLA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MURINAE; PHYLOGENY; RAT; RICKETTSIOSIS; TYPHUS;

ARCHAEOPSYLLA ERINACEI; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA ELIZABETHAE; ERINACEIDAE; LEPTOPSYLLA SEGNIS; MAURA; MUS; RATTUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); STENOPONIA;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLEAS; HEDGEHOGS; INSECT VECTORS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURINAE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; RATS; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; TYPHUS, ENDEMIC FLEA-BORNE;

EID: 33750625806     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.727     Document Type: Article

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