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A century of typhus, lice and Rickettsia.
- Source :
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Research in microbiology [Res Microbiol] 2000 Mar; Vol. 151 (2), pp. 143-50. - Publication Year :
- 2000
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Abstract
- At the beginning of the 20th century, it was discovered at the Pasteur Institute in Tunis that epidemic typhus is transmitted by the human body louse. The complete genome sequence of its causative agent, Rickettsia prowazekii, was determined at Uppsala University in Sweden at the end of the century. In this mini-review, we discuss insights gained from the genome sequence of this fascinating and deadly organism.
- Subjects :
- Animals
France
History, 20th Century
Humans
Mitochondria genetics
Phylogeny
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne epidemiology
Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne microbiology
Genome, Bacterial
Phthiraptera microbiology
Rickettsia prowazekii genetics
Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne history
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0923-2508
- Volume :
- 151
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Research in microbiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 10865960
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0923-2508(00)00116-9