Prospective evaluation of commercial antibody-based rapid tests in combination with a loop-mediated isothermal amplification PCR assay for detection of Orientia tsutsugamushi during the acute phase of scrub typhus infection.

Samples from 160 prospectively recruited febrile patients with typhus-like illness in an area of Thailand (Chiang Rai, northern Thailand) where scrub typhus is endemic were used to evaluate the diagnostic capabilities of four rapid immunochromatographic tests (ICTs) for the detection of Orientia tsu...

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Huvudupphovsmän: Blacksell, S, Paris, D, Chierakul, W, Wuthiekanun, V, Teeratakul, A, Kantipong, P, Day, N
Materialtyp: Journal article
Språk:English
Publicerad: 2012