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Laboratory diagnosis of rickettsioses: current approaches to diagnosis of old and new rickettsial diseases.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 35 ·No. 11 ·1997-11-00 ·Pages 2715-27

La Scola B, Raoult D

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MeSH Terms
Animals Arthropod Vectors Clinical Laboratory Techniques Humans Polymerase Chain Reaction Rickettsia/classification,isolation & purification,pathogenicity Rickettsia Infections/diagnosis,transmission Serologic Tests/methods
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La Scola B
Unité des Rickettsies, UPRESA 6020, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerrannée, Marseille, France.
Raoult D
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of clinical microbiology
Abbr.
J Clin Microbiol
ISSN
0095-1137
DOI
10.1128/jcm.35.11.2715-2727.1997
Published
1997-11-00
Pages
2715-27
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505564
PMCID
PMC230049
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.11.2715-2727.1997 PMC Full Text View journal details
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