A prospective evaluation of real-time PCR assays for the detection of Orientia tsutsugamushi and Rickettsia spp. for early diagnosis of rickettsial infections during the acute phase of undifferentiated febrile illness.

One hundred and eighty febrile patients were analyzed in a prospective evaluation of Orientia tsutsugamushi and Rickettsia spp. real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays for early diagnosis of rickettsial infections. By paired serology, 3.9% (7 of 180) and 6.1% (11 of 180) of patients were co...

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Hauptverfasser: Watthanaworawit, W, Turner, P, Turner, C, Tanganuchitcharnchai, A, Richards, A, Bourzac, K, Blacksell, S, Nosten, F
Format: Journal article
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2013