TY - JOUR AU - Zhu, Yong AU - Medina-Sanchez, Aaron AU - Bouyer, Donald AU - Walker, David H. AU - Zhao, Li T1 - Genotyping Rickettsia prowazekii Isolates T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2008 VL - 14 IS - 8 SP - 1300 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We developed a typing method that can differentiate 8 strains of Rickettsia prowazekii into 7 genotypes. This method can be used to type and trace the origin of R. prowazekii isolated from samples collected during epidemics after a bioterrorism attack. KW - Rickettsia prowazekii KW - genotype KW - epidemic typhus KW - dispatch KW - Ethiopia KW - Egypt KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1408.080444 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/8/08-0444_article ER - End of Reference