Short report: Detection of Borrelia (relapsing fever) in rural Ethiopia by means of the quantitative buffy coat technique

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 164-165

  Cobey, F C ^a   Goldbarg, S H ^a   Levine, R A ^a   Patton, C L ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD STAIN; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CENTRIFUGATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ETHIOPIA; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; LOUSE; NONHUMAN; RURAL AREA; SPIROCHETE; TUBE;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; PEDICULUS HUMANUS; PHTHIRAPTERA; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 0034879745     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2001.65.164     Document Type: Article

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