title: Diagnostic assay for Rickettsia japonica.
abstract: We developed a specific and rapid detection system for Rickettsia japonica and R. heilongjiangensis, the causative agents of spotted fever, using a TaqMan minor groove binder probe for a particular open reading frame (ORF) identified by the R. japonica genome project. The target ORF was present only in R. japonica-related strains.
authors: National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan.
authors: Nozomu
authors: N
authors: Hanaoka
authors: Minenosuke
authors: M
authors: Matsutani
authors: Hiroki
authors: H
authors: Kawabata
authors: Seigo
authors: S
authors: Yamamoto
authors: Hiromi
authors: H
authors: Fujita
authors: Akiko
authors: A
authors: Sakata
authors: Yoshinao
authors: Y
authors: Azuma
authors: Motohiko
authors: M
authors: Ogawa
authors: Ai
authors: A
authors: Takano
authors: Haruo
authors: H
authors: Watanabe
authors: Toshio
authors: T
authors: Kishimoto
authors: Mutsunori
authors: M
authors: Shirai
authors: Ichiro
authors: I
authors: Kurane
authors: Shuji
authors: S
authors: Ando
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001483:Base Sequence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis