Spotted fever group rickettsia closely related to Rickettsia monacensis isolated from ticks in South Jeolla province, Korea

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 487-495

  Lee, Kyung Min ^a,g   Choi, Yeon Joo ^a   Shin, Sun Hye ^a   Choi, Min Kyung ^a   Song, Hyeon Je ^b   Kim, Heung Chul ^c   Klein, Terry A ^d,f   Richards, Allen L ^e   Park, Kyung Hee ^a   Jang, Won Jong ^a  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Gwangju Health College University   (South Korea)

^c 5th Medical Detachment   (South Korea)

^d Public Health Command Region Pacific ^*  (Japan)

^e NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f Force Health Protection and Preventive Medicine   (South Korea)

^g International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

OmpA; OmpB; Polymerase chain reaction; Rickettsia monacensis

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CITRATE SYNTHASE GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; GIEMSA STAIN; IXODES; IXODES NIPPONENSIS; KOREA; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A GENE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN B GENE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VERO CELL;

OMPA; OMPB; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IXODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84880408762     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1348-0421.12062     Document Type: Article

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