Q fever in the Greek island of Crete: Detection, isolation, and molecular identification of eight strains of Coxiella burnetii from clinical samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2063-2067

  Spyridaki, Ioanna ^a   Gikas, Achilleas ^a   Kofteridis, Diamantis ^a   Psaroulaki, Anna ^a   Tselentis, Yannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COXIELLA BURNETII; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; DNA DETERMINATION; EMBRYO CELL; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VERO CELL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA BURNETII; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0031838456     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.7.2063-2067.1998     Document Type: Article

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