Seroepidemiologic study of human infections with spotted fever group rickettsiae in North Carolina

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3960-3966

  Vaughn, Meagan F ^a,g   Delisle, Josie ^b   Johnson, Joey ^c   Daves, Gaylen ^c   Williams, Carl ^d   Reber, Jodi ^d   Mendell, Nicole L ^e   Bouyer, Donald H ^e   Nicholson, William L ^f   Moncayo, Abelardo C ^b   Meshnick, Steven R ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d North Carolina Division of Public Health   (United States)

^e University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^g RHO INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL DISEASE IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE ASSAY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICKETTSIA AMBLYOMMII INFECTION; RICKETTSIA PARKERI INFECTION; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEROCONVERSION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908348969     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01733-14     Document Type: Article

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