Rickettsiales and rickettsial diseases in Australia - Murdoch ...
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1.4.3. Isolation ...................................................................................... 14<br />
1.4.4. Polymerase Cha<strong>in</strong> Reaction (PCR) ............................................ 14<br />
1.4.4.1. Conventional PCR ............................................................... 15<br />
1.4.4.2. Real-time PCR (qPCR) ........................................................ 15<br />
1.4.4.3. Molecular speciation ............................................................ 16<br />
1.5. Geographic distribution of the <strong>Rickettsiales</strong> ..................................... 18<br />
1.6. <strong>Rickettsiales</strong> species <strong>in</strong> <strong>Australia</strong> ..................................................... 18<br />
1.6.1. Anaplasma ................................................................................. 18<br />
1.6.1.1. <strong>Australia</strong>n (cattle) tick fever (Anaplasma marg<strong>in</strong>ale) .............. 18<br />
1.6.1.2. ... Can<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong>fectious cyclic thrombocytopenia (Anaplasma platys)<br />
............................................................................................................ 19<br />
1.6.2. Ehrlichia ..................................................................................... 20<br />
1.6.3. Rickettsia .................................................................................... 20<br />
1.6.3.1. Mur<strong>in</strong>e typhus (Rickettsia typhi) ........................................... 22<br />
1.6.3.2. Queensl<strong>and</strong> tick typhus (Rickettsia australis) ...................... 25<br />
1.6.3.3. Fl<strong>in</strong>ders isl<strong>and</strong> spotted fever (R. honei) ............................... 27<br />
1.6.3.4. <strong>Australia</strong>n spotted fever (R. honei stra<strong>in</strong> marmionii) ............ 28<br />
1.6.4. Orientia ....................................................................................... 30<br />
1.6.4.1. Scrub typhus (Orientia tsutsugamushi) ................................ 30<br />
1.6.5. This Study .................................................................................. 32<br />
Chapter 2. Materials <strong>and</strong> Methods ......................................................... 34<br />
2.1. Rickettsial Isolation .......................................................................... 34<br />
2.1.1. Blood sample process<strong>in</strong>g ........................................................... 34<br />
2.1.2. Tick sample process<strong>in</strong>g .............................................................. 34<br />
2.1.3. Flea sample process<strong>in</strong>g ............................................................. 35<br />
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