Rickettsial microbiology

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 243-244

  Heymann, Warren R ^a,b  

^a Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

^b Gdn State Community Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANTIGENICITY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMAGGLUTINATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PARASITE VECTOR; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0029937111     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0738-081X(96)00008-9     Document Type: Article

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