Identification of rickettsial infections by using cutaneous swab specimens and PCR

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-86

  Bechah, Yassina ^a   Socolovschi, Cristina ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIA AKARI; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; RICKETTSIA RHIPICEPHALI; RICKETTSIOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SMEAR; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78650993940     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1701.100854     Document Type: Article

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