Kinetics of antibody responses in Rickettsia africae and Rickettsia conorii infections

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 324-328

  Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^a   Jensenius, Mogens ^a   Laferl, Herman ^a   Vene, Sirka ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KINETICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SERUM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; DOXYCYCLINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; KINETICS; RICKETTSIA CONORII; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 0036126112     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.9.2.324-328.2002     Document Type: Article

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