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Structural Features of Lipopolysaccharide from Rickettsia Typhi: The Causative Agent of Endemic Typhus.
- Source :
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences; 2005, Vol. 1063 Issue 1, p259-260, 2p
- Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Rickettsia typhi causes endemic typhus, a relatively mild, acute febrile illness characterized by headache and macular rash. It is maintained in rodents and transmitted to humans by flea Xenopsylla cheopis. R. typhi contains a lipopolysaccharide thought to display a noticeable antigenic activity. We examined its structural features and it appears that the O-specific chain of the R. typhi LPS is composed mainly of the alternating Glc and QuiNAc residues linked by 1 ?4 bonds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- RICKETTSIA
ENDOTOXINS
ORIENTAL rat flea
ENDEMIC flea-borne typhus
HEADACHE
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00778923
- Volume :
- 1063
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 25253850
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1196/annals.1355.041