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Revisiting clinico-epidemiological pattern of human rickettsial infections in the central region of Sri Lanka: a hospital based descriptive study

BACKGROUND: This study revisits the clinico-epidemiology and serological patterns of rickettsioses in the central region of Sri Lanka and highlights the need of advanced diagnostics for precise identification of species responsible for rickettsioses. METHODS: The patients treated for rickettsioses b...

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Autores principales:	Weerakoon, Kosala Gayan, Kularatne, Senanayake A. M., Rajapakse, Jayanthe, Adikari, Sanjaya, Udayawarna, Kanchana
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2017
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5553752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28800776 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2727-1

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