Human infection with Rickettsia honei, Thailand

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1473-1475

  Jiang, Ju ^a   Sangkasuwan, Vichai ^b   Lerdthusnee, Kriangkrai ^c   Sukwit, Suchitra ^b   Chuenchitra, Thippawan ^b   Rozmajzl, Patrick J ^a   Eamsila, Chirapa ^b   Jones, James W ^c   Richards, Allen L ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Royal Thai Army   (Thailand)

^c ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; DNA; NUCLEIC ACID; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ADULT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HONEI; RICKETTSIOSIS; THAILAND;

EID: 23944479699     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1109.050011     Document Type: Article

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