Isolation of Rickettsia felis in the mosquito cell line C6/36

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作者
Horta, MC
Labruna, MB [1 ]
Durigon, EL
Schumaker, TTS
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[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Med Vet, Dept Med Vet Prevent & Saude Anim, Lab Doencas Parasitarias, BR-05508270 Sao Paulo, Brazil
[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Microbiol, BR-05508900 Sao Paulo, Brazil
[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Parasitol, BR-05508900 Sao Paulo, Brazil
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10.1128/AEM.72.2.1705-1707.2006
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Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
We report the isolation and establishment of Rickettsia felis in the C6/36 cell line. Rickettsiall growth was intense, always with 90 to 100% of cells being infected after few weeks. The rickettsial isolate was confirmed by testing infected cells by PCR and sequencing fragments of three major Rickettsia genes (gltA, ompB, and the 17-kDa protein gene).
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