Use of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay techniques with cross-reacting human sera in diagnosis of murine typhus and spotted fever

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1034-1035

  Keysary, Avi ^a   Strenger, Carmela ^b  

^a ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b Life Science Research Israel   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; TYPHUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MURINAE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI;

EID: 0030938117     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.4.1034-1035.1997     Document Type: Article

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