genus Rickettsia


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Noun1.genus Rickettsia - can cause typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans
bacteria genus - a genus of bacteria
family Rickettsiaceae, Rickettsiaceae - microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates
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We individually processed all tick samples (pools) using routine PCR assay with primers CS 78F and CS 323R, designed to amplify a 401-bp conserved fragment of the enzyme citrate synthase (gltA) of Rickettsia, which allows identification of the genus Rickettsia (Roux, Rydkina, Eremeeva, & Raoult, 1997; Labruna, et al.
?Cuantas larvas y ninfas de la garrapata Amblyomma spp. (Ixodida: Ixodidae) se requieren para detectar la presencia de la bacteria Rickettsia (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae)?
The sequenced products had a similarity of 99% to Oceanrickettsia ariakensis (accession number DQ123914), 98% for unidentified bacteria, 94% for uncultured rickettsia, and 89% for the genus Rickettsia according to Blast results.
FIRST REPORT OF AN EOSINOPHILIC RICKETTSIA-LIKE ORGANISM IN DISEASED OYSTERS CRASSOSTREA GIG AS
Maximum-likelihood phylogenetic tree generated by using the general time-reversible model using discrete gamma distribution for a total of 2,308 bp of the gltA, htrA, ompB, and ompA genes concatenated from a few members of the genus Rickettsia. Diamond indicates isolate obtained from ticks in Mexico.
Rickettsia parkeri in Dermacentor parumapertus Ticks, Mexico
Spotted fever group rickettsiosis is a tickborne or flea-borne infectious disease caused by groups of bacteria in the genus Rickettsia, such as R.
Surveillance for Scrub Typhus, Rickettsial Diseases, and Leptospirosis in US and Multinational Military Training Exercise Cobra Gold Sites in Thailand
The bacteria responsible for scrub typhus is Orientia tsutsugamushi, which is no longer included in the genus Rickettsia, but Dr.
In reemergence of typhus, challenge is early diagnosis
These findings reiterate that birds are important hosts for the immature stages of this species and have high potential for dispersing ticks and the pathogens that they transmit, such as bacteria of the genus Rickettsia.
Occurrence of Amblyomma longirostre in Cyanocompsa brissonii in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil/Ocorrencia de Amblyomma longirostre em Cyanocompsa brissonii no Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
These diseases--including scrub typhus and spotted fever--take their name from the bacterial genus Rickettsia, one of the implicated pathogens.
Global trade tradeoff: rickettsial disease in Taiwan
Phylogenetic analysis of members of the genus Rickettsia using the gene encoding the outer-membrane protein rOmpB (ompB).
Tifo Murino: Aspectos clinicos y epidemiologicos
The genus Rickettsia is classically separated into the typhus group (TG) and the spotted fever group (SFG) based on the presence of distinct group lipopolysaccharide (LPS) antigens.
Spotted fevers & typhus fever in Tamil Nadu
Rickettsiosis of the genus Rickettsia in South America.
Spotted fever group Rickettsia in the Pampa Biome, Brazil, 2015-2016
The genus Rickettsia belongs to the order Rickettsiales, it is composed of different obligate intracellular bacteria species which are important causative agent of human and animal infectious diseases.
Detection of anti--Rickettsia spp. antibodies in domestic chickens of extensive breeding in an endemic area for spotted fever in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil/Deteccao de anticorpos anti--Rickettsia spp. em galinhas domesticas de criacao extensiva em uma area endemica para febre maculosa no estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

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