Detection of Brazilian spotted fever infection by polymerase chain reaction in a patient from the state of São Paulo
Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) cases have been increasing in the state of São Paulo but no genomic information about local rickettsia isolated from humans has been well documented. We recovered spotted-fever group rickettsiae from a sample of patient blood cultured in Vero cells using the shell vial...
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Language: | English |
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
2005-05-01
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Series: | Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762005000300011 |