Isolation of Coxiella burnetii from children with influenza-like symptoms in Japan

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 147-151

  Nagaoka, Hiromi ^a   Akiyama, Masato ^a   Sugieda, Masaaki ^a   Nishio, Tomohiro ^a   Akahane, Sousuke ^a   Hattori, Hiroshi ^a   Ho, To ^b   Fukushi, Hideto ^b   Hirai, Katsuya ^b  

^a Shizouka Pref Inst Pub Hlth E   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Human sera; Influenza like symptom; Q fever

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; COXIELLA BURNETII; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; Q FEVER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 0030028116     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb03330.x     Document Type: Article

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