| genotypic and biological characteristics of non-identified strain of spotted fever group rickettsiae isolated in crimea. | a strain of rickettsiae, designated crimea-108, was isolated from ticks dermacentor marginatus in the crimea in 1977. its immunobiological characteristics involve low pathogenicity for experimental animals, moderate infectivity for chick embryos, and antigenic relatedness to spotted fever group (sfg) rickettsiae (r. sibirica, r. conorii, r. akari), especially to r. sibirica. the genotypic characterization of the strain crimea-108 was carried out in comparison with sfg and typhus group rickettsia ... | 1993 | 7912040 |