Laboratory evaluation of a dot-blot enzyme immunoassay for serologic confirmation of illness due to Rickettsia conorii

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 786-789

  Broadhurst, Laurel Evans ^a   Kelly, Daryl J ^b   Chan, Chye Teik ^b   Smoak, Bonnie L ^b   Brundage, John F ^c   McClain, J Bruce ^d   Miller, Richard N ^e  

^a Walter Reed Army Inst of Research ^*  (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MEDIMMUNE   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHADENOPATHY; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROLOGY; TICK BITE;

EID: 0031779065     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.786     Document Type: Article

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