Seroprevalence of scrub typhus infection in patients with pyrexia at some malaria clinics in three western provinces of Thailand

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 119-125

  Chanyasanha, Charnchudhi ^a   Kaeburong, Khanittha ^a   Chenchittikul, Mongkol ^b   Sujirarat, Dusit ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Thailand Health Systems Research Institute   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEROPREVALENCE; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; L CELLS (CELL LINE); MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PREVALENCE; SCRUB TYPHUS; THAILAND;

EID: 0032435679     PISSN: 0125877X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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