Serological cross-reactions between Coxiella burnetii and Legionella micdadei

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 208-212

  Musso, Didier ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; CROSS REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEGIONELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER;

EID: 0030994839     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.4.2.208-212.1997     Document Type: Article

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