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Naming of Rickettsiae and Rickettsial Diseases
Author(s) -
RAOULT DIDIER,
FOURNIER PIERREEDOUARD,
EREMEEVA MARINA,
GRAVES STEPHEN,
KELLY PATRICK J.,
OTEO JOSÉ A.,
SEKEYOVA ZUZANA,
TAMURA AKIRA,
TARASEVICH IRINA,
ZHANG LIJUAN
Publication year - 2005
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 - 10.1196/annals.1355.002
Subject(s) - rickettsiales , identification (biology) , biology , ecology , genetics , gene
A bstract : Over the last 20 years, advances in molecular techniques have greatly facilitated the identification of the members of the Rickettsiales , and numerous new species and diseases have been described. In this paper, we review taxonomic rules and appropriate approaches to valid naming of rickettsial species and the diseases they cause.