Consistency of the Key Genotypes of Orientia tsutsugamushi in Scrub Typhus Patients, Rodents, and Chiggers from a New Endemic Focus of Northern China

Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1461-1466

  Liu, Yun Xi ^a   Jia, Na ^b   Xing, Yu Bin ^a   Suo, Ji Jiang ^a   Du, Ming Mei ^a   Jia, Ning ^a   Gao, Yan ^a   Xie, Li Jun ^a   Liu, Bo Wei ^a   Ren, Shi Wang ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Chigger mite; Genotype; Orientia tsutsugamushi; Rodent; Scrub typhus patient

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; RODENTIA; TROMBICULIDAE;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; STA56 ANTIGEN, RICKETTSIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PHYLOGENY; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TROMBICULIDAE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PHYLOGENY; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TROMBICULIDAE;

EID: 84888367573     PISSN: 10859195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12013-013-9646-0     Document Type: Article

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