Increases in the levels of Coxiella burnetii-specific immunoglobulin G1 and G3 antibodies in acute Q fever and chronic Q fever

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 814-816

  Capo, Christian ^a   Iorgulescu, Ioana ^a   Mutillod, Maryse ^a   Mege, Jean Louis ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; RICKETTSIOSIS;

EID: 0031742345     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.5.6.814-816.1998     Document Type: Article

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