Isolation and identification of a novel spotted fever group rickettsia, strain IG-1, from Ixodes granulatus ticks collected on Orchid Island (Lanyu), Taiwan

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 256-261

  Tsai, Kun Hsien ^a   Wang, Hsi Chieh ^a   Chen, Chun Hsien ^a   Huang, Jyh Hsiung ^a   Lu, Hsiu Ying ^a   Su, Chien Ling ^a   Shu, Pei Yun ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GLT A GENE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IXODES GRANULATUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMP A GENE; OMP B GENE; RICKETTSIA; SCA4 GENE; TAIWAN; TICK; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

IXODES GRANULATUS; IXODIDA; RATTUS LOSEA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HONEI; RICKETTSIA SIBIRICA; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA; RICKETTSIACEAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 49449106295     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.79.256     Document Type: Article

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