Laboratory diagnosis of tick-borne diseases in Wisconsin

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 557-564

  Reed, Kurt D ^a,b,c   Mitchell, Paul D ^a,b   Belongia, Edward A ^a,c  

^a Marshfield Laboratories ^*

^b Marshfield Med Research Foundation   (United States)

^c MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL CULTURE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IXODES; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYME DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0029738329     PISSN: 00436542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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