Q fever during pregnancy: A public health problem in Southern France

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 592-596

  Stein, Andreas ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORTALITY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; RICKETTSIOSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0031666232     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514698     Document Type: Article

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