Serologic evidence of infection with ehrlichiae and spotted fever group rickettsiae among residents of Gag Island, Indonesia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 480-484

  Richards, Allen L ^a   Ratiwayanto, Sutanti ^b   Rahardjo, Eko ^b   Kelly, Daryl J ^c   Dasch, Gregory A ^d   Fryauff, David J ^a   Bangs, Michael J ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b US Naval Medical Research Unit No 2 Jakarta   (Indonesia)

^c Centers for Dis Ctrl and Prev ^*  (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INDONESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIOSIS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SCRUB TYPHUS; SERODIAGNOSIS; TYPHUS; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; RICKETTSIA;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; ARTHROPODA; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; MURINAE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIALES;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; INDONESIA; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTIONS; RICKETTSIEAE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0041805741     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.68.480     Document Type: Article

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