Epidemiological survey of small rodents for spotted fever rickettsial antibody in Hokkaido, Japan

Japanese Journal of Medical Science and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 63-68

  Okabayashi, Tamaki ^a   Miura, Nozomi ^a   Miyazaki, Singo ^a   Nigo, Tomomi ^a   Muramatsu, Yasukazu ^a   Ueno, Hiroshi ^a   Morita, Chiharu ^a  

^a RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; RODENT;

EID: 0029937012     PISSN: 00215112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken1952.49.63     Document Type: Article

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