Rickettsia parkeri in Brazil

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1111-1113

  Silveira, Iara ^a   Pacheco, Richard C ^a   Szabó, Matias P J ^b   Ramos, Hernani G C ^a   Labruna, Marcelo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS;

EID: 34447278629     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1307.061397     Document Type: Article

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