title: Estimation of Rickettsia rickettsii copy number in the blood of patients with Rocky Mountain spotted fever suggests cyclic diurnal trends in bacteraemia.
authors.affiliation: Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Electronic address: CKato@cdc.gov.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.affiliation: Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Paddock
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D058491:Bacterial Load; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D006801:Humans; D012284:Rickettsia rickettsii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012373:Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Q000382:microbiology*