Serological evidence of lyme borreliosis in Africa: Results from studies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 583-585

  Mhalu, F S ^a   Matre, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYME DISEASE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TANZANIA; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030227119     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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