Article
Comparative antigenic analysis of spotted fever group rickettsiae from Israel and other closely related organisms.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Jun 1995
Walker D H, Feng H M, Saada J I, Crocquet-Valdes P, Radulovic S, Popov V L, Manor E
Abstract excerpt
Spotted fever rickettsiosis in Israel has been considered as possibly somewhat more severe than boutonneuse fever, from which it also differs in having a very low proportion of cases with a tick-inoculation site eschar. This investigation was undertaken to determine whether the Israeli spotted fe...
Topics
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antigenic Variation
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Western
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Bacterial
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Israel
- Mice
- Molecular Sequence Data