Retrospective survey of chronic Q fever in Japan by using PCR to detect Coxiella burnetii DNA in paraffin-embedded clinical samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 824-827

  Yuasa, Yoshihiro ^a,b   Yoshiie, Kiyotaka ^a   Takasaki, Takashi ^a   Yoshida, Hiroki ^a   Oda, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kagoshima City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENDOCARDITIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; JAPAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; RESTRICTION SITE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 0029985464     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.4.824-827.1996     Document Type: Article

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