Short report: Detection of Orientia tsutsugamushi in clinical samples by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 640-641

  Singhsilarak, Tasawan ^a   Leowattana, Wattana ^a   Areesuwan, Sornchailoo ^a   Wongchotigul, Varee ^a   Jiang, Ju ^b   Richards, Allen L ^b   Watt, George ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL AREA; SCRUB TYPHUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ZOONOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI;

BACTERIAL DNA;

DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCRUB TYPHUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 20544466465     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.72.640     Document Type: Article

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