Prevalence of spotted fever group Rickettsia from Haemaphysalis ticks in Chungju Province

Journal of Bacteriology and Virology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 203-207

  Lee, Jung Hee ^a   Ahn, Sung Jun ^a   Park, Hyo Soon ^a   Jeong, Eun Ju ^a   Choi, Hyun Gon ^a   Jang, Won Jong ^a   Kang, Shin Seok ^b   Park, Kyung Hee ^a   Kim, Bum Joon ^b   Kook, Yoon Hoh ^b   Lee, Seung Hyun ^a  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Chungbuk Veterinary Service Laboratory   (South Korea)

Author keywords

groEL gene; Haemaphysalis tick; PCR assay; SFG Rickettsia

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONIN; DNA;

ARTICLE; HAEMAPHYSALIS; KOREA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA JAPONICA; TICK;

HAEMAPHYSALIS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA JAPONICA;

EID: 44849097460     PISSN: 15982467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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