Rickettsial disease diagnostic testing and interpretation

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.)
• Description:
  Rickettsial diseases are caused by closely related bacteria typically spread to people from infected fleas, ticks, and mites. Various laboratory methods exist for the diagnosis of rickettsial diseases. Methods differ in availability, type and timing of specimen collection, and interpretation of results. Molecular methods, such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, and serologic techniques, such as the indirect immunofluorescence antibody (IFA) assay, are the most commonly available testing methods for rickettsial diseases. See the below summary of test use and interpretation.
  
  Rickettsial-Disease-Diagnostic-Testing-and-Interpretation-FS-508.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Rickettsia Infections/diagnosis Signs And Symptoms
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  1 unnumbered page
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d4b037426ff573ba4f0a4fa9c6825176557deec5ac052bc5ac72d0b191f39ed0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/117341/cdc_117341_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 215.32 KB ]