Proposal to create subspecies of <it>Rickettsia conorii </it>based on multi-locus sequence typing and an emended description of <it>Rickettsia conorii</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Rickettsiae closely related to the Malish strain, the reference <it>Rickettsia conorii </it>strain, include Indian tick typhus rickettsia (ITTR), Israeli spotted fever rickettsia (ISFR), and Astrakhan fever rickettsia (AF...

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Main Authors: Raoult Didier, Eremeeva Marina, Fournier Pierre-Edouard, Zhu Yong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-03-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/5/11