Molecular survey of rickettsial agents in feral raccoons (Procyon lotor) in Hokkaido, Japan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 353-354

  Sashika, Mariko ^a,b   Abe, Go ^c   Matsumoto, Kotaro ^a   Inokuma, Hisashi ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Wildlife Management Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERAL ANIMAL; GENOME SIZE; GENUS; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RACCOON; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA HEILONGJIANGENSIS; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA JAPONICA; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; JAPAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RACCOONS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 77957740407     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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