Perspectives on the laboratory diagnosis of rickettsial diseases in the 21st century

Robust laboratory methods are necessary to distinguish rickettsioses from other infectious diseases and to accurately distinguish one rickettsiosis from another. The major categories of diagnostic techniques used for rickettsioses, i.e., direct visualization by histological or immunohistochemical st...

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Main Author: Christopher D Paddock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica 2013-07-01
Series:Acta Médica Costarricense
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-60022013000400005&lng=en&tlng=en