Epidemiological and Bacteriological Aspects of Spotted Fever Rickettsioses in Humans, Vectors and Mammals in Sweden

Epidemiological and Bacteriological Aspects of Spotted Fever Rickettsioses in Humans, Vectors and Mammals in Sweden

Rickettsiae are obligate intracellular gram-negative bacteria transmitted by arthropod vectors. Rickettsiae sometimes cause disease in humans, typically with high fever, headache and occasionally an eschar. In Sweden, Rickettsia helvetica, belonging to the spotted fever group, is the only tick-trans...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Elfving, Karin
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Klinisk mikrobiologi och infektionsmedicin 2013
Subjects:
Rickettsia helvetica
ticks
cultivation
serology
polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
DNA sequencing
western blot
electron microscopy
meningitis
seroprevalence
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-197277
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-554-8639-6

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