Multispacer typing of Rickettsia isolates from humans and ticks in Tunisia revealing new genotypes

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Znazen, Abir ^a   Khrouf, Fatma ^b   Elleuch, Nihel ^a   Lahiani, Dorra ^c   Marrekchi, Chakib ^c   M'Ghirbi, Youmna ^b   Ben Jemaa, Mounir ^c   Bouattour, Ali ^b   Hammami, Adnene ^a  

^a HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^c HEDI CHAKER HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Intergenic spacers; Multispacer typing; Rickettsia; Spotted fever rickettsioses; Tunisia; Vectors

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL VECTOR; DKSA XERC; MPPA PRUC; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN B; RMPE TRNA FMET; SPACER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHLAMYDIA MULTIPLEX PCR ASSAY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA ISRAELENSIS; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; TICK; TUNISIA; VERY ELDERLY;

IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SIPHONAPTERA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICKS; TUNISIA;

EID: 84891357783     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-367     Document Type: Article

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