Antibodies to Orientia tsutsugamushi, Rickettsia typhi and spotted fever group rickettsiae among febrile patients in rural areas of Malaysia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 280-284

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

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Indirect immunoperoxidase test; Malaysia; Murine typhus; Orientia tsutsugamushi; Prevalence; Rickettsia typhi; Scrub typhus; Tick typhus; TT118 spotted fever group rickettsiae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FEVER; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PUBLIC HEALTH; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEROPREVALENCE; TYPHUS;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MURINAE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA TYPHI;

EID: 0034044566     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90322-5     Document Type: Article

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