Volume 10, Number 3, March 2004

Acute Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis among Febrile Patients, Cameroon

Lucy M. Ndip,* Donald H. Bouyer,† Amelia P.A. Travassos Da Rosa,† V.P.K. Titanji,* Robert B. Tesh,† and David H. Walker†
*University of Buea, Buea, South West Province, Cameroon; and †University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA

Figure 2. Immunoblot of Rickettsia africae antigens with R. africae–positive and –negative patient serum samples. Lanes 1–3: R. africae–positive patients’ serum samples; lanes 4–5: R. africae–negative patients’ serum samples; lane 6: anti–OmpA monoclonal antibody; lane 7: anti–OmpB monoclonal antibody.

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