Multilocus sequence analysis of clinical "candidatus neoehrlichia mikurensis" strains from Europe

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3126-3132

  Grankvist, Anna ^a   Moore, Edward R B ^a   Stadler, Liselott Svensson ^a   Pekova, Sona ^b   Bogdan, Christian ^c   Geißdörfer, Walter ^c   Grip Lindén, Jenny ^d   Brandström, Kenny ^e   Marsal, Jan ^f   Andréasson, Kristofer ^g   Lewerin, Catharina ^a   Welinder Olsson, Christina ^a   Wennerås, Christine ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^d Section of Haematology   (Sweden)

^e SKARABORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANDIDATUS NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS; CASE REPORT; CLPB GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; EUROPE; FTSZ GENE; GATB GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; GROEL GENE; HUMAN; LIPA GENE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIALES; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; WOLBACHIA; AGED; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTIONS; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ESSENTIAL GENE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES;

AGED; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SWEDEN;

EID: 84941957451     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00880-15     Document Type: Article

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