Evaluation of PCR-based assay in human serum samples for diagnosis of fatal cases of spotted fever group rickettsiosis.
Mendes do Nascimento
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Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, Brazil. elviramn@usp.br
Colombo
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Nagasse-Sugahara
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Angerami
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Resende
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da Silva
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Katz
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dos Santos
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D001938:Brazil; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D057089:Pathology, Molecular / Q000379:methods*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017385:Sequence Homology; D044967:Serum / Q000382:microbiology*