Seroepidemiology of spotted fever group and typhus group rickettsioses in humans, South Korea

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-24

  Jang, Won Jong ^a   Choi, Yeon Joo ^a   Kim, Jong Hyun ^b   Jung, Kwang Don ^a   Ryu, Ji Sun ^a   Lee, Seung Hyun ^a   Yoo, Clieon Kwon ^b   Paik, Hyung Suk ^c   Choi, Myung Sik ^d   Park, Kyung Hee ^a   Kim, Ik Sang ^d  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Seroepidemiology; Spotted fever group rickettsiosis; Tophus group rickettsiosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA JAPONICA; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIA SIBIRICA; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; TYPHUS;

ANIMALIA; JAPONICA; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AKARI; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA JAPONICA; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIA SIBIRICA; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SCOPHTHALMUS RHOMBUS; TYPHUS GROUP;

EID: 20044386108     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2005.tb03635.x     Document Type: Article

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