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Genotyping Rickettsia prowazekii isolates

Emerging Infectious Diseases (2008) 14(8) 1300-1302
DOI: 10.3201/eid1408.080444
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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.

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Zhu, Y., Medina-Sanchez, A., Bouyer, D., Walker, D. H., & Yu, X. J. (2008). Genotyping Rickettsia prowazekii isolates. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 14(8), 1300–1302. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1408.080444

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