Isolation of a rickettsial pathogen from a non-hematophagous arthropod

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Thepparit, Chutima ^a   Sunyakumthorn, Piyanate ^a   Guillotte, Mark L ^a   Popov, Vsevolod L ^b   Foil, Lane D ^c   Macaluso, Kevin R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; GENOMIC DNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; INSECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION;

ARTHROPODA; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; IXODIDA; LIPOSCELIDAE; LIPOSCELIS BOSTRYCHOPHILA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIACEAE; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; INSECTS; MODELS, ANIMAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 79551507195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016396     Document Type: Article

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