Abstract
The plaque assay procedure developed for spotted fever and typhus group rickettsiae is also appropriate for scrub typhus and Q fever rickettsiae. The plaque titers of suspensions of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi and Coxiella burnetii compared favorably with end points obtained by titrations in mice.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Bacteriological Techniques*
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Complement Fixation Tests
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Coxiella / isolation & purification*
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Coxiella / pathogenicity
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Injections, Intraperitoneal
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Male
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Mice
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Orientia tsutsugamushi / isolation & purification*
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Orientia tsutsugamushi / pathogenicity
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Q Fever / diagnosis*
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Scrub Typhus / diagnosis*