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Spotted fever group Rickettsia in Yunnan Province, China.
Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Apr 2012
Liang Chang-wei, Zhao Jing-bo, Li Juan, Chang Li-tao, Yu Hui-lan, Zhang Li-xia, Zhang Li-juan, Yu Xue-jie
Abstract excerpt
Information about spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiae in southern China remains sparse. A specific and sensitive real-time PCR assay for detection of SFG rickettsiae was established and used to detect the prevalence rate of SFG rickettsiae in Yunnan Province, China. The limit of detection (LOD) of our real-time PCR was 200 copies per reaction, which is more sensitive than the previously developed nested PCR...
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