Use of DNA sequences for Rickettsia identification in Ixodes ricinus ticks: The first detection of Rickettsia monacensis in Poland

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 140-146

  Rymaszewska, Anna ^a   Piotrowski, Mariusz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

GltA; ITS; Pathogenic Rickettsia; R. monacensis; Rickettsia helvetica

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CITRATE SYNTHASE; GLTA PROTEIN; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; NUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENUS; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; IXODES; NYMPH; PHYLOGENY; POLAND; RICKETTSIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS;

EID: 84872907013     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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