Article
Genotypic characterization of rickettsiae by DNA probes generated from Rickettsia prowazekii DNA.
Acta virologica - 1 Apr 1994
Demkin V V, Rydkina E B, Likhoded L Y, Ignatovich V F, Genig V A, Balayeva N M
Abstract excerpt
Southern blot analysis of HindIII-cleaved rickettsial DNA was used for genotypic characterization of the typhus group (TG) species (R. prowazekii, R. typhi, R. canada) and a few species of the spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiae (R. sibirica, R. conorii, R. akari). Four different DNA probes wer...
Topics
- Animals
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Citrate (si)-Synthase
- DNA Probes
- DNA, Bacterial
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Humans
- Rickettsia
- Rickettsia prowazekii
- Species Specificity
