Antibodies to Orientia tsutsugamushi in soldiers in northeastern Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 666-668

  Frances, S P ^a,b   Eamsila, Chirapa ^a   Strickman, D ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^b AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PREVALENCE; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEASON; SOLDIER; THAILAND;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INCIDENCE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PREVALENCE; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; THAILAND;

EID: 0031219201     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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