Diagnosis of acute Q fever by PCR on sera during a recent outbreak in rural South Australia

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1078, Issue , 2006, Pages 566-569

  Turra, M ^a   Chang, G ^a   Whybrow, D ^a   Higgins, G ^a   Qiao, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Q fever diagnosis; Q fever PCR; Q fever serology; Rapid detection

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; HUMAN; Q FEVER; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL AREA; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 33845688420     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1374.112     Document Type: Conference Paper

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