Spotted fevers & typhus fever in Tamil Nadu

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 101-103

  Batra, H V ^a  

^a DEFENCE FOOD RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; INDIA; NONHUMAN; NOTE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIOSIS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SCRUB TYPHUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; TYPHUS;

BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INDIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 35648952753     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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