Rickettsia conorii indian tick typhus strain and r. slovaca in humans, Sicily

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1008-1010

  Torina, Alessandra ^a   de Mera, Isabel G Fernández ^c,d   Alongi, Angelina ^a   Mangold, Atilio J ^e   Blanda, Valeria ^a,b   Scarlata, Francesco ^f   di Marco, Vincenzo ^a   de la Fuente, José ^c,g  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SICILIA A MIRRI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA   (Argentina)

^f Istituto di Patologia Infettiva   (Italy)

^g OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

ASTRAKHAN FEVER; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEVER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; ISRAELI SPOTTED FEVER; LETTER; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RASH; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; TYPHUS;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; HUMANS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SICILY;

EID: 84861206085     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1806.110966     Document Type: Letter

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