Seroepidemiology of Rickettsia typhi, spotted fever group rickettsiae, and Coxiella burnetti infection in pregnant women from urban Tanzania

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 187-189

  Anstey, Nicholas M ^a   Dupont, Herve Tissot ^b   Hahn, Christine G ^c   Mwaikambo, Esther D ^d   McDonald, Malcolm I ^e   Raoult, Didier ^b   Sexton, Daniel J ^f  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c Idaho Department of Health and Welfare   (United States)

^d MUHIMBILI MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^e Duke University Medical Center ^*  (Australia)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TANZANIA; TICK;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA; COXIELLA BURNETII; COXIELLA BURNETTI; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA TYPHI;

EID: 0030807613     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.57.187     Document Type: Article

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