Characterization of Orientia Tsutsugamushi strains isolated in shandong province, China by immunofluorescence and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analyses

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 353-357

  Yun Xi, Liu ^a,b   Zhong Tang, Zhao ^a   Yuan, Gao ^b   Chong Qi, Jia ^a   Jing Lan, Zhang ^b   Zhan Qing, Yang ^b   Shu Mei, Wang ^a   Bao Fa, Jiang ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PLA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHINA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC STRAIN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RICKETTSIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI;

EID: 4544378251     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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