Detection of Rickettsia monacensis from Ixodes nipponensis collected from rodents in Gyeonggi and Gangwon Provinces, Republic of Korea

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 337-347

  Shin, Sun Hye ^a   Seo, Hyun Ji ^a,e   Choi, Yeon Joo ^a   Choi, Min Kyung ^a   Kim, Heung Chul ^b   Klein, Terry A ^c,f   Chong, Sung Tae ^b   Richards, Allen L ^d   Park, Kyung Hee ^a   Jang, Won Jong ^a  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b 5th Medical Detachment   (South Korea)

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

^d NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e Animal Plant and Fisheries Quarantine and Inspection Agency   (South Korea)

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

Author keywords

17 kDa; gltA; ompB; Republic of Korea; Rickettsia monacensis; Tick

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; GENE EXPRESSION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; TICK;

KANGWON; KYONGGI; SOUTH KOREA;

IXODES; IXODES NIPPONENSIS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA JAPONICA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; RICKETTSIACEAE; RODENTIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA; RODENT; SOUTH KOREA;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEMOGRAPHY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; IXODES; PHYLOGENY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RICKETTSIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84884704049     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-013-9699-1     Document Type: Article

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