Markers of exposure to spotted fever rickettsiae in patients with chronic illness, including fatigue, in two Australian populations

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 269-274

  Unsworth, N ^a   Graves, Stephen ^a   Nguyen, C ^a   Kemp, G ^b   Graham, J ^c   Stenos, J ^a  

^a GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b The Burke Road Medical Centre   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HONEI; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 41149118057     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcm149     Document Type: Article

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