Laboratory diagnosis of rickettsioses: current approaches to diagnosis of old and new rickettsial diseases

J Clin Microbiol. 1997 Nov;35(11):2715-27. doi: 10.1128/jcm.35.11.2715-2727.1997.

Authors

B La Scola¹, D Raoult

Affiliation

¹ Unité des Rickettsies, UPRESA 6020, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerrannée, Marseille, France.

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Arthropod Vectors
Clinical Laboratory Techniques*
Humans
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Rickettsia / classification
Rickettsia / isolation & purification
Rickettsia / pathogenicity
Rickettsia Infections / diagnosis*
Rickettsia Infections / transmission
Serologic Tests / methods