Antigenic types of Orientia Tsutsugamushi in Malaysia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 557-564

  Tay, S T ^a   Rohani, M Y ^b   Ho, T M ^b   Devi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; MALAYSIA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; SCRUB TYPHUS;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALAYSIA; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0038150173     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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