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Identification of a novel rickettsial infection in a patient diagnosed with murine typhus
1 Apr 1994
Abstract excerpt
Identification of ELB agent-infected fleas and rodents within several foci of murine typhus in the United States has prompted a retrospective investigation for this agent among human murine typhus patients. This agent is a recently described rickettsia which is indistinguishable from Rickettsia typhi with currently available serologic reagents. Molecular analysis of the 17-kDa antigen gene and the citrate...
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