Seroepidemiologic study among 300 febrile patients in a infectious disease hospital ward;Etude seroepidemiologique chez 300 malades febriles hospitalises dans un service de medecine et maladies infectieuses

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 27, Issue SPEC. ISS. JUNE, 1997, Pages 663-666

  Omezzine Letaief, A ^a   Tissot Dupont, H ^a   Bahri, F ^a   Ernez, M ^a   Raoult, D ^a   Jemni, L ^a  

^a CHU F Hached   (France)

Author keywords

Fever; Rickettsiosis; Serology; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFIPIA; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; COXIELLA BURNETII; EHRLICHIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEGIONELLACEAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TYPHUS;

EID: 0030754910     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-077X(97)80221-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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