Prevalence of antibodies to spotted fever group rickettsiae in human beings and dogs from an endemic area of mediterranean spotted fever in Catalonia, Spain

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 395-398

  Segura Porta, Ferran ^a,b   Diestre Ortin, Germán ^a   Ortuño Romero, Anna ^a   Sanfeliu Sala, Isabel ^a   Font Creus, Bernat ^a   Muñoz Espin, Tomás ^a   De Antonio, Enric Mateu ^a   Casal Fábrega, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Consorci Hospitalari Parc Tauli S ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Boutonneuse fever; Rickettsia conorii; Rickettsiaciae infections; Tick infestations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CHILD; DOG; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; INFESTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTIONS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 0031836502     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007479909654     Document Type: Article

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