Use of hemolymph test for detection of rickettsiae in Malaysian ticks

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 642-644

  Tay, S T ^a   Ho, T M ^a   Rohani, M Y ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEMOLYMPH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RICKETTSIA; TICK;

ANIMALS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HEMOLYMPH; RICKETTSIA; TICKS;

EID: 0030224087     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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