Detection of Rickettsia felis and Rickettsia typhi in an area of California endemic for murine typhus

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2009 Dec:15 Suppl 2:218-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02140.x. Epub 2009 Apr 3.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacteriological Techniques / methods*
  • California / epidemiology
  • DNA Primers / genetics
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Endemic Diseases*
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
  • Rats
  • Rickettsia felis / isolation & purification*
  • Rickettsia typhi / isolation & purification*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Siphonaptera / microbiology*
  • Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne / epidemiology*
  • Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne / microbiology

Substances

  • DNA Primers
  • DNA, Bacterial