Molecular Analysis of Anaplasma phagocytophilum Isolated from Patients with Febrile Diseases of Unknown Etiology in China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Lijuan ^a   Wang, Guiqiang ^b   Liu, Qinghui ^c   Chen, Chuangfu ^d   Li, Jun ^b   Long, Bo ^e   Yu, Hong ^e   Zhang, Zhilun ^f   He, Jing ^g   Qu, Zhangyi ^h   Yu, Jiguang ^e   Liu, Yuanni ^e   Dong, Tuo ^a,h   Yao, Na ^a,d   Wang, Yong ^a,d   Cheng, Xueqin ^a   Xu, Jianguo ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^c Laizhou People's Hospital   (China)

^d SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Yantai Infectious Disease Hospital   (China)

^f TIANJIN CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^g BEIJING 302 HOSPITAL   (China)

^h HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITROGEN; RNA 16S; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANK A GENE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLEEDING DISORDER; CHILL; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; ECCHYMOSIS; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RNA SEQUENCE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; DNA PRIMERS; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

EID: 84874295630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057155     Document Type: Article

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