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. 2012 Sep;194(17):4763-4.
doi: 10.1128/JB.00992-12.

Genome sequence of Rickettsia conorii subsp. caspia, the agent of Astrakhan fever

Erwin Sentausa  1 , Khalid El Karkouri, Catherine Robert, Didier Raoult, Pierre-Edouard Fournier
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Genome sequence of Rickettsia conorii subsp. caspia, the agent of Astrakhan fever

Erwin Sentausa et al. J Bacteriol. 2012 Sep.

Abstract

Rickettsia conorii subsp. caspia is the agent of Astrakhan fever, a spotted fever group rickettsiosis endemic to Astrakhan, Russia. The present study reports the draft genome of Rickettsia conorii subsp. caspia strain A-167.

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