Molecular epidemic survey on co-prevalance of scrub typhus and marine typhus in Yuxi city, Yunnan province of China

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1314-1318

  Zhang, Li Juan ^a   Li, Xue Mei ^b   Zhang, De Rong ^b   Zhang, Jing Shan ^a   Di, Ying ^b   Luan, Ming Chun ^a   Fu, Xiu Ping ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Yuxi City Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Murine typhus; Prevalence; Q fever; Scrub typhus; Yuxi

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BARTONELLA HENSELAE ANTIGEN; BARTONELLA QUINTANA ANTIGEN; CHAPERONIN; COXIELLA BURNETII ANTIGEN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI ANTIBODY; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI ANTIGEN; RICKETTSIA CONORII ANTIGEN; RICKETTSIA SIBIRICA ANTIGEN; RICKETTSIA TYPHI ANTIBODY; RICKETTSIA TYPHI ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MURINE TYPHUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; Q FEVER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA SIBRICA; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROCONVERSION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TYPHUS;

EID: 34548433056     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200708010-00004     Document Type: Article

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