Volume 11, Number 2—February 2005
Research
Spotted Fever Group and Typhus Group Rickettsioses in Humans, South Korea
Yeon-Joo Choi*1, Won-Jong Jang1*, Jong-Hyun Kim*, Ji-Sun Ryu*, Seung-Hyun Lee*, Kyung-Hee Park*, Hyung-Suk Paik†, Young-Sang Koh‡, Myung-Sik Choi§, and Ik-Sang Kim§
Table 2
Similarity matrix between partial rompB gene sequence of various rickettsial strains and nested polymerase chain reaction (H1 products)
| 1* | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | H1† | H3 | H5 | H10 | H20 | H22 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1* | – | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 93.79 | – | |||||||||||
| 3 | 96.05 | 94.92 | – | ||||||||||
| 4 | 91.81 | 96.89 | 92.94 | – | |||||||||
| 5 | 92.94 | 98.59 | 94.07 | 96.61 | – | ||||||||
| 6 | 74.01 | 73.16 | 74.29 | 72.32 | 73.45 | – | |||||||
| 7 | 72.03 | 70.9 | 72.32 | 70.34 | 71.19 | 93.22 | – | ||||||
| H1† | 93.79‡ | 100 | 94.92 | 96.89 | 98.59 | 73.16 | 70.9 | – | |||||
| H3 | 93.5 | 99.72 | 94.63 | 96.61 | 98.31 | 72.88 | 70.62 | 99.72 | – | ||||
| H5 | 100 | 93.79 | 96.05 | 91.81 | 92.94 | 74.01 | 72.03 | 93.79 | 93.5 | – | |||
| H10 | 91.81 | 96.89 | 92.94 | 100 | 96.61 | 72.32 | 70.34 | 96.89 | 96.61 | 91.81 | – | ||
| H20 | 92.66 | 98.87 | 93.79 | 96.33 | 97.46 | 72.6 | 70.34 | 98.87 | 98.59 | 92.66 | 96.33 | – | |
| H22 | 95.76 | 94.63 | 99.44 | 92.66 | 93.79 | 74.01 | 72.03 | 94.63 | 94.35 | 95.76 | 92.66 | 93.5 | – |
*1, partial rompB of Rickettsia akari (AF123707), 2; R. conorii (AF123721); 3, R. felis (AF182279); 4, R. japonica (AB003681); 5, R. sibirica (AF12322); 6, R. prowazekii (AF211820); 7, R. typhi (L04661).
†H, H1 products amplified from patient sera.
‡The similarity values (%) on the lower left are the levels of similarity between partial rompB gene sequences.
