Diagnosis of rickettsial diseases using samples dried on blotting paper

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 483-488

  Fenollar, Florence ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROLOGY; STORAGE;

EID: 0032798460     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.6.4.483-488.1999     Document Type: Article

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