Procedure for spotted fever group Rickettsia isolation from limited clinical blood specimens

• Marah E. Condit,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7084-4952

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• Emma Jones,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Office of the Director, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Brad J. Biggerstaff,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Office of the Director, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Cecilia Y. Kato

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: CKato@cdc.gov

  Affiliation Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6963-6849

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