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Characterization of Orientia tsutsugamushi isolated in Taiwan by immunofluorescence and restriction fragment length polymorphism analyses.
FEMS Microbiol Lett. 1997 May 15; 150(2):225-31.FM

Abstract

A total of 10 strains of Orientia tsutsugamushi were isolated from field rodents and chiggers in Taiwan, and characterized by immunofluorescence analysis with monoclonal antibodies and by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the 56-kilodalton (kDa) protein gene. The isolates were divided into two groups consisting of 1 and 9 strains which showed some relation to Gilliam and Karp type strains, respectively. However, all these isolates possessed characteristics distinct not only from those of known prototype strains including Gilliam and Karp but also from all isolates from Japan. These findings suggest the existence of a large number of immunotypic and genotypic variants among the strains of O. tsutsugamushi, and the distribution of distinguishable strains in each area to which this species is endemic.

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Tamura A
Department of Microbiology, Niigata College of Pharmacy, Japan.
Ohashi N
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Koyama Y
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Fukuhara M
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Kawamori F
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Otsuru M
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Wu PF
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Lin SY
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MeSH

AnimalsAntibodies, BacterialArthropod VectorsDisease ReservoirsFemaleFluorescent Antibody Technique, IndirectHumansL CellsMiceMice, Mutant StrainsOrientia tsutsugamushiPolymorphism, Restriction Fragment LengthRodentiaScrub TyphusTaiwanTrombiculiasisTrombiculidae

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

9170266

Citation

Tamura, A, et al. "Characterization of Orientia Tsutsugamushi Isolated in Taiwan By Immunofluorescence and Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analyses." FEMS Microbiology Letters, vol. 150, no. 2, 1997, pp. 225-31.
Tamura A, Ohashi N, Koyama Y, et al. Characterization of Orientia tsutsugamushi isolated in Taiwan by immunofluorescence and restriction fragment length polymorphism analyses. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 1997;150(2):225-31.
Tamura, A., Ohashi, N., Koyama, Y., Fukuhara, M., Kawamori, F., Otsuru, M., Wu, P. F., & Lin, S. Y. (1997). Characterization of Orientia tsutsugamushi isolated in Taiwan by immunofluorescence and restriction fragment length polymorphism analyses. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 150(2), 225-31.
Tamura A, et al. Characterization of Orientia Tsutsugamushi Isolated in Taiwan By Immunofluorescence and Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analyses. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 1997 May 15;150(2):225-31. PubMed PMID: 9170266.
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