Seroprevalence to Bartonella quintana among patients at a community clinic in downtown Seattle

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1023-1026

  Jackson, Lisa A ^a   Spach, David H ^a   Kippen, Deborah A ^a   Sugg, Nancy K ^a   Regnery, Russell L ^a   Sayers, Merlyn H ^a   Stamm, Walter E ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0030071002     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.4.1023     Document Type: Article

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