Evaluation of PCR-based assay in human serum samples for diagnosis of fatal cases of spotted fever group rickettsiosis

MeSH terms

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Bacteriological Techniques / methods*
• Brazil
• Child, Preschool
• Female
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Pathology, Molecular / methods*
• Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
• Rickettsia / classification*
• Rickettsia / genetics
• Rickettsia / isolation & purification*
• Rickettsia Infections / diagnosis*
• Sensitivity and Specificity
• Sequence Analysis, DNA
• Sequence Homology
• Serum / microbiology*