title: Laboratory diagnosis of rickettsioses: current approaches to diagnosis of old and new rickettsial diseases.
authors.affiliation: Unité des Rickettsies, UPRESA 6020, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerrannée, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: La Scola
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001179:Arthropod Vectors; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission; D012698:Serologic Tests / Q000379:methods