Molecular detection and characterization of spotted fever group rickettsiae in Taiwan

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 883-890

  Tsui, Pei Yi ^b   Tsai, Kun Hsien ^a   Weng, Ming Hui ^b   Hung, Yao Wen ^b   Liu, Yu Tien ^b   Hu, Kuang Yu ^b   Lien, Jih Ching ^b   Lin, Pey Ru ^b   Shaio, Men Fang ^c   Wang, Hsis Chieh ^a   Ji, Dar Der ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; ENDONUCLEASE; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT ANION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; COXIELLA BURNETII; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IXODES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS HAEMAPHYSALOIDES; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA RHIPICEPHALI; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RAT; RODENT; TROMBICULIDAE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; COXIELLA BURNETII; IXODES GRANULATUS; IXODIDA; LEPTOTROMBIDIUM; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; RHIPICEPHALUS HAEMAPHYSALOIDES; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AUSTRALIS; RICKETTSIA FELIS URRWXCAL2; RICKETTSIA RHIPICEPHALI; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIACEAE; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; IXODES; PHYLOGENY; RATS; RHIPICEPHALUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RODENTIA; TAIWAN; TROMBICULIDAE; VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT ANION CHANNELS;

EID: 42949099087     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.883     Document Type: Article

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