Phylogenetic analysis ofOrientia tsutsugamushistrains based on the sequence homologies of 56-kDa type-specific antigen genes
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- 1 November 1999
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Letters
- Vol. 180 (2) , 163-169
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.1999.tb08791.x
Abstract
Close and distant relationship among 31 strains of Orientia tsutsugamushi (20, two, one and eight strains were isolated in Japan, Korea, China and soKeywords
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