Molecular typing of isolates of Rickettsia rickettsii by use of DNA sequencing of variable intergenic regions

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2545-2553

  Karpathy, Sandor E ^a   Dasch, Gregory A ^a   Eremeeva, Marina E ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TICK; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TICKS;

ANIMALIA; DERMACENTOR OCCIDENTALIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS LEPORISPALUSTRIS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

EID: 34548081472     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00367-07     Document Type: Article

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