Serological evidence of natural infection of wild rodents (Rattus spp and Tupaia glis) with rickettsiae in Malaysia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 560-562

  Tay, S T ^a   Kaewanee, S ^b   Ho, T M ^a   Rohani, M Y ^a   Devi, S ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALAYSIA; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PREVALENCE; RAT; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIOSIS; RODENT; SCRUB TYPHUS; TYPHUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; MALAYSIA; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PREVALENCE; RATS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RODENTIA; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TYPHUS, ENDEMIC FLEA-BORNE;

EID: 0032149567     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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