Antigenic drift of Orientia tsutsugamushi in South Korea as identified by the sequence analysis of a 56-kDa protein-encoding gene

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 930-935

  Park, Sang Won ^a   Lee, Chi Kug ^b   Kwak, Yee Gyung ^c   Moon, Chisook ^c   Kim, Baek Nam ^c   Kim, Eu Suk ^d   Kang, Jae Myung ^e   Lee, Chang Seop ^f  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Namwon Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^e Handong University   (South Korea)

^f Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENIC DRIFT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BORYONG; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; KANDA; KAWASAKI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PASSIVE HEMAGGLUTINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPING; SOUTH KOREA; TAGUCHI; ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BLOOD; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENOTYPE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958069069     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0791     Document Type: Article

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