Discrepancies in Weil-Felix and microimmunofluorescence test results for Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- 1 February 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 9 (2) , 292-293
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.9.2.292-293.1979
Abstract
Only 4.2% of 284 single specimens and 17.6% of 51 pairs of sera reactive in Weil-Felix agglutination tests for Rocky Mountain spotted fever were confirmed by a specific Rickettsia rickettsii microimmunofluorescence test.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- A COMPARISON OF SEROLOGIC METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVERAmerican Journal of Epidemiology, 1977
- Microimmunofluorescence test for the serological study of rocky mountain spotted fever and typhusJournal of Clinical Microbiology, 1976