Genotyping Rickettsia prowazekii Isolates

Zhu, Yong; Medina-Sanchez, Aaron; Bouyer, Donald; Walker, David H.; Yu, Xue-jie

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Genotyping Rickettsia prowazekii Isolates

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Aug 2008
By Zhu, Yong ; Medina-Sanchez, Aaron ; Bouyer, Donald ; ...

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Alternative Title:

Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Zhu, Yong ; Medina-Sanchez, Aaron ; Bouyer, Donald ; Walker, David H. ; Yu, Xue-jie
Description:

We developed a typing method that can differentiate 8 strains of Rickettsia prowazekii into 7 genotypes. This method can be used to type and trace the origin of R. prowazekii isolated from samples collected during epidemics after a bioterrorism attack.
Subjects:

Base Sequence Dispatch DNA, Bacterial Epidemic Typhus Genotype Phylogeny Rickettsia Prowazekii
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 14(8):1300-1302.
Document Type:

Journal Article
Volume:

14
Issue:

8
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:

urn:sha256:4467f190e91163283f072aabf6b238928074308cfc659c505b052929caa56d87
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17279/cdc_17279_DS1.pdf
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