Human infections with Rickettsia raoultii, China

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 866-868

  Jia, Na ^a   Zheng, Yuan Chun ^b   Ma, Lan ^a   Huo, Qiu Bo ^b   Ni, Xue Bing ^a   Jiang, Bao Gui ^a   Chu, Yan Li ^b   Jiang, Rui Ruo ^a   Jiang, Jia Fu ^a   Cao, Wu Chun ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b Mudanjiang Forestry Central Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANOREXIA; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHINA; ERYTHEMA; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; NAUSEA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RASH; RICKETTSIA RAOULTII; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TICK BITE; TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TICK BITES;

EID: 84898896118     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2005.130995     Document Type: Article

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