Serologic evidence for human ehrlichiosis in Africa

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 695-698

  Brouqui, P ^a   Le Cam, C ^b   Kelly, P J ^b   Laurens, R ^c   Tounkara, A ^d   Sawadogo, S ^e   lo Marcel, V ^f   Gondao, L ^g   Faugere, B ^h   Delmont, J ^h   Bourgeade, A ^h   Raoult, D ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c Mission de Coopération Francaise ^*  (Angola)

^d Division Hygiène et Assainissement   (Mali)

^e Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine   (Burkina Faso)

^f National Malaria Control Center   (Comoros)

^g Hôpital Félix Houphöuet Boigny ^*  (Central African Republic)

^h Hopital Felix Houphouet Boigny   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Ehrlichia chaffeensis; Epidemiology; Human ehrlichiosis; Seroprevalence; Western immmunoblot

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

AFRICA; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD DONORS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE;

EID: 0028674355     PISSN: 03922990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01719283     Document Type: Article

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