Detection of Rickettsia felis and Rickettsia typhi in an area of California endemic for murine typhus.
Karpathy
S E
SE
Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
Hayes
E K
EK
Williams
A M
AM
Hu
R
R
Krueger
L
L
Bennett
S
S
Tilzer
A
A
Velten
R K
RK
Kerr
N
N
Moore
W
W
Eremeeva
M E
ME
D000818:Animals; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D051381:Rats; D041161:Rickettsia felis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012286:Rickettsia typhi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D005423:Siphonaptera / Q000382:microbiology*; D014437:Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology
D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial