Serologic study of the prevalence of rickettsiosis in Yucatan: Evidence for a prevalent spotted fever group rickettsiosis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 405-408

  Zavala Velazquez, Jorge E ^a   Ruiz Sosa, Jose ^d   Vado Solis, Ignacio ^a   Billings, Adrian N ^b   Walker, David H ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^d Univ Autonoma de Yucatán ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; MEXICO; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROLOGY;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AKARI; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI;

EID: 0032841850     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.405     Document Type: Article

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