"Candidatus Rickettsia kellyi," India

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 483-485

  Rolain, Jean Marc ^a,c   Mathai, Elizabeth ^b   Lepidi, Hubert ^a   Somashekar, Hosaagrahara R ^b   Mathew, Leni G ^b   Prakash, John A J ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c WHO Collaborating Center   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; DOXYCYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 33644511400     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1203.050853     Document Type: Article

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