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Rickettsioses: From Genome to Proteome, Pathobiology, and Rickettsiae as an International Threat
Author(s) -
Hechemy Karim E.,
Oteo José A.,
Raoult Didier A.,
Silverman David J.,
Blanco José R.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04923.x
Subject(s) - paragraph , strain (injury) , genome , proteome , biology , genetics , computer science , gene , world wide web , anatomy
During the past decade, several major developments have occurred in rickettsiology. With the advent of the newly emerging infections caused by a number of rickettsias, the re-emerging of old pathogenic species of rickettsias that cause both old and new syndromes has helped redefine the level of rickettsial pathogenicity. The intracellular nature of most rickettsias remains a mystery although their genome size is close to that of the free-living neisserias.