Characterization of a new antigenic type, Kuroki, of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi isolated from a patient in Japan.
The Kuroki strain of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, isolated from a patient in Kyushu, Japan, has a major, type-specific antigenic polypeptide which is distinct from the prototype strains in size (58 kilodaltons), in antigenicity, and in its cleavage pattern with N-chlorosuccinimide. These results indicate that Kuroki is another antigenic type of R. tsutsugamushi.
Ohashi
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Department of Microbiology, Niigata College of Pharmacy, Japan.
Tamura
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Sakurai
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Yamamoto
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D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008970:Molecular Weight; D012285:Orientia tsutsugamushi / Q000276:immunology*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012612:Scrub Typhus / Q000382:microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity; D013388:Succinimides
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010455:Peptides; D013388:Succinimides; C015752:N-chlorosuccinimide