Polymerase chain reaction-based diagnosis of Mediterranean spotted fever in serum and tissue samples

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 67, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2002, Pages 166-169

  Leitner, Moshe ^a   Yitzhaki, Shmuel ^a   Rzotkiewicz, Sabine ^a   Keysary, Avi ^a  

^a ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; FATALITY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; TYPHUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIALES; SPOTTED FEVER GROUP; TYPHUS GROUP;

EID: 0036697731     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2002.67.166     Document Type: Article

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