Fatal case of Brazilian spotted fever confirmed by immunohistochemical staining and sequencing methods on fixed tissues

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1078, Issue , 2006, Pages 257-259

  Rozental, Tatiana ^a   Eremeeva, Marina E ^b   Paddock, Christopher D ^b   Zaki, Sherif R ^b   Dasch, Gregory A ^b   Lemos, Elba R S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazilian spotted fever; Immunohistochemical technique; PCR; Sequence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN SPOTTED FEVER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TISSUE FIXATION;

RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

EID: 33845697545     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1374.046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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