Seasonal variations in the presence of antibodies against Coxiella burnetii in dairy cattle in Hokkaido, Japan

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 73-75

  Yanase, Tsuyoshi ^a   Muramatsu, Yasukazu ^a   Ueno, Hiroshi ^a   Morita, Chiharu ^a  

^a RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Dairy cattle; Q fever; Seasonal variations

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COXIELLA BURNETII; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY;

COXIELLA BURNETTI;

EID: 0031048427     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1997.tb01184.x     Document Type: Article

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