The use of the indirect immunoperoxidase test for the serodiagnosis of rickettsial diseases in Malaysia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 314-320

  Tay, S T ^a   Rohani, M Y ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PEROXIDASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RICKETTSIOSIS;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALAYSIA; PEROXIDASES; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0036594390     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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