Project name: Rickettsia prowazekii str. Breinl

Description: Rickettsia prowazekii is the causative agent of epidemic typhus. The classic vector of R. prowazekii is the human body louse, but there are also sporadic cases of R. prowazekii that may involve transmission from either flying squirrels or their lice/fleas. Comparison of human and flying squirrel isolates should aid our understanding of the biology of R. prowazekii in flying squirrels and the possible relationship to sporadic R. prowazekii infection of humans.

Data type: genome sequencing

Sample scope: Monoisolate

Relevance: Medical

Release date: 2013-04-11

Last updated: 2013-02-05