Genotyping Rickettsia prowazekii isolates.
We developed a typing method that can differentiate 8 strains of Rickettsia prowazekii into 7 genotypes. This method can be used to type and trace the origin of R. prowazekii isolated from samples collected during epidemics after a bioterrorism attack.
Zhu
Yong
Y
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0609, USA.
Medina-Sanchez
Aaron
A
Bouyer
Donald
D
Walker
David H
DH
Yu
Xue-Jie
XJ
D001483:Base Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005838:Genotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D012283:Rickettsia prowazekii / Q000235:genetics*
D004269:DNA, Bacterial