SNP-based real-time pyrosequencing as a sensitive and specific tool for identification and differentiation of Rickettsia species in Ixodes ricinus ticks

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Janecek, Elisabeth ^a   Streichan, Sabine ^a   Strube, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnostic; Ixodes ricinus; Rickettsia felis; Rickettsia helvetica; Rickettsia massiliae; Rickettsia monacensis; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

RICKETTSIAL CITRATE SYNTHASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLTA GENE; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PYROSEQUENCING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; GERMANY; IXODES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RICKETTSIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867492800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-261     Document Type: Article

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