Detection of Rickettsia felis and Rickettsia typhi in an area of California endemic for murine typhus

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 218-219

  Karpathy, S E ^a   Hayes, E K ^a   Williams, A M ^a   Hu, R ^b   Krueger, L ^c   Bennett, S ^c   Tilzer, A ^c   Velten, R K ^c   Kerr, N ^d   Moore, W ^e   Eremeeva, M E ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Vector Borne Disease Section   (United States)

^c Orange County Vector Control District   (United States)

^d Vector Management Program   (United States)

^e Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DNA VECTOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TYPHUS; UNITED STATES;

MURINAE; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA TYPHI;

EID: 70749151524     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02140.x     Document Type: Article

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