ANTIGENIC RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THE RICKETTSIAE OF THE SPOTTED-FEVER AND TYPHUS GROUPS

被引:40
作者
VISHWANATH, S [1 ]
机构
[1] NIAID,ROCKY MT LABS,INTRACELLULAR PARASITES LAB,HAMILTON,MT 59840
关键词
RICKETTSIAE; SPOTTED FEVER; TYPHUS;
D O I
10.1111/j.1574-6968.1991.tb04783.x
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Using immunoblots to analyze antigenic relationships among the pathogenic spotted fever and typhus group rickettsiae, I found that the rickettsial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was a group-specific antigen. All the rickettsiae examined had 135-kDa and 58-kDa protein antigens. The spotted fever rickettsiae and Rickettsia canada had, in addition, 190-kDa protein antigens which were antigenic analogs of previously described protective antigens of R. conorii and R. rickettsii.
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