Concurrent Infection with Murine Typhus and Scrub Typhus in Southern Laos-the Mixed and the Unmixed

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Phommasone, Koukeo ^a   Paris, Daniel H ^a,b,c   Anantatat, Tippawan ^c   Castonguay Vanier, Josée ^a   Keomany, Sommay ^d   Souvannasing, Phoutthalavanh ^d   Blacksell, Stuart D ^a,b,c   Mayxay, Mayfong ^a,b,e   Newton, Paul N ^a,b  

^a MAHOSOT HOSPITAL   (Laos)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d Salavan Provincial Hospital   (Laos)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Laos)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TYPHUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84883335038     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002163     Document Type: Article

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