Serologic testing for human granulocytic ehrlichiosis at a National Referral Center

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 558-564

  Comer, James A ^a,c   Nicholson, William L ^a,b   Olson, James G ^a   Childs, James E ^a  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COXIELLA BURNETII; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SEROCONVERSION; UNITED STATES;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA BURNETII; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0032996476     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.3.558-564.1999     Document Type: Article

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