Isolation and PCR detection of rickettsiae from clinical and rodent samples in Malaysia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 772-779

  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 DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; GIEMSA STAIN; GUINEA PIG; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALAYSIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS; RODENT; RODENT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; AZURE STAINS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALAYSIA; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0041699979     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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