Laboratory diagnosis of Rickettsioses: Current approaches to diagnosis of old and new Rickettsial diseases

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2715-2727

  La Scola, Bernard ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANTIBODY TITER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; COXIELLA BURNETII; EHRLICHIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; TICK;

ACARI; ANAPLASMATACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA QUINTANA; COXIELLA BURNETII; EHRLICHIA; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 0030774550     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.11.2715-2727.1997     Document Type: Short Survey

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