The increasing prevalence of Endemic Typhus in Kuala Lumpur and an evaluation of a diagnostic ELISA dot test for the detection of antibodies to Rickettsia typhi

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 226-231

  Sekhar, W Y ^a   Devi, Shamala ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

ELISA; Endemic typhus; Epidemiology; IIP

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SEROLOGY; TYPHUS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TYPHUS, EPIDEMIC LOUSE-BORNE;

EID: 0034185246     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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