The isolation of Orientia tsutsugamushi and Rickettsia typhi from human blood through mammalian cell culture – a descriptive series of 3,227 samples and outcomes in the Lao PDR
In the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos) rickettsial infections, including scrub and murine typhus, account for a significant burden of fevers. The Mahosot Hospital Microbiology Laboratory in Vientiane, Laos, routinely performs rickettsial isolation from hospitalised patients with suspect...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2020
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