State of the art of diagnosis of rickettsial diseases: the use of blood specimens for diagnosis of scrub typhus, spotted fever group rickettsiosis, and murine typhus

With improved malaria control, acute undifferentiated febrile illness studies in tropical regions reveal a startling proportion of rickettsial illnesses, especially scrub typhus, murine typhus, and spotted fever group rickettsioses. Laboratory diagnosis of these infections evolved little over the pa...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Paris, D, Dumler, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins 2016