Detection and identification of the spotted fever group Rickettsial agents from Haemaphysalis ticks in Jeju island, Korea

Journal of Bacteriology and Virology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 317-327

  Moon, Bong Chun ^a   Jeong, Jae Hee ^b   Choi, Yeon Joo ^b   Kim, Jung Eun ^b   Seo, Hyun Ji ^b   Shin, E Hyun ^c   Song, Bong Gu ^c   Lee, Hee Il ^c   Lee, Seung Hyun ^b   Park, Kyung Hee ^b   Jang, Won Jong ^b  

^a Jeju Special Self Governing Province Ocean and Fisheries Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

Author keywords

17 kDa gene; gltA; ompB; Polymerase chain reaction; Rickettsial agents; Tick

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS FLAVA; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA JAPONICA; RICKETTSIA MARMIONII; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH KOREA; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TICK; TICK BITE;

HAEMAPHYSALIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS FLAVA; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA JAPONICA;

EID: 77953414457     PISSN: 15982467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4167/jbv.2009.39.4.317     Document Type: Article

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