Molecular Epidemiology of Rickettsial Diseases
Document Type
Contribution to Book
Publication Date
2016
Publication Title
Rickettsiales: Biology, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Vaccine Development
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-46859-4_2
ISBN
978-3-319-46859-4
Abstract
This chapter summarizes the classical methods used to investigate rickettsioses initially discovered and characterized in the United States with an emphasis on their role in understanding their epidemiology. More recent molecular methodologies used to diagnose and characterize rickettsioses and rickettsial agents are then presented. New epidemiological insights into rickettsioses that have been obtained by using these molecular tools are then reviewed. Finally, the limitations of contemporary tools used in the molecular epidemiology of rickettsioses are examined and discussed in the context of new opportunities for improvement of these current approaches.
Recommended Citation
Eremeeva, Marina E..
2016.
"Molecular Epidemiology of Rickettsial Diseases."
Rickettsiales: Biology, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Vaccine Development, Sunil Thomas (Ed.): 23-57 Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-46859-4_2 isbn: 978-3-319-46859-4
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/environ-health-facpubs/69
