Laboratory maintenance of rickettsia rickettsii

Current Protocols in Microbiology

Volumn , Issue SUPPL. 11, 2008, Pages

  Ammerman, Nicole C ^a   Beier Sexton, Magda ^a   Azad, Abdu F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell culture techniques; Rickettsia; Rocky Mountain spotted fever; Vero cells

Indexed keywords

DIATRIZOATE;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOASSAY; BIOSAFETY; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL TYPE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; GIEMSA STAIN; HOST CELL; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIOSIS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; ULTRASOUND; VERO CELL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CELL LINE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRESERVATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

EID: 58149262026     PISSN: 19348525     EISSN: 19348533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/9780471729259.mc03a05s11     Document Type: Review

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