Early diagnosis of scrub typhus in Thailand from clinical specimens by nested polymerase chain reaction

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 831-838

  Manosroi, Jiradej ^a   Chutipongvivate, Salakchit ^b   Auwanit, Wattana ^c,d   Manosroi, Aranya ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Regional Medical Sciences Center   (Thailand)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NUCLEOTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CLOTTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RICKETTSIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; SCHOOL CHILD; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEROCONVERSION; THAILAND;

EID: 1842734637     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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