Geographic Association of Rickettsia felis-Infected Opossums with Human Murine Typhus, Texas

Geographic Association of Rickettsia felis-Infected Opossums with Human Murine Typhus, Texas

Application of molecular diagnostic technology in the past 10 years has resulted in the discovery of several new species of pathogenic rickettsiae, including Rickettsia felis. As more sequence information for rickettsial genes has become available, the data have been used to reclassify rickettsial s...

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Main Authors: Ardys Boostrom, Magda S. Beier, Jackie A. Macaluso, Kevin R. Macaluso, Daniel Sprenger, Jack Hayes, Suzan Radulovic, Abdu F. Azad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
cat flea
Corpus Christi
Murine typhus
opossum
PCR
RFLP
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/6/01-0350_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/6/01-0350_article

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