Sero-survey of Q fever in the north-western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 345-347

  Punda Polić, Volga ^a   Radulovic, Suzana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bosnia and Herzegovina; Complement fixation tests; Coxiella; Enzyme Immunoassay; Immuniflourescence technic

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CHILD; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; Q FEVER; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030678117     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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