Investigation of Rickettsia conorii antibodies in the Antalya area

Infection

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 170-172

  Vural, T ^a   Ergin, C ^a   Sayin, F ^b  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Dept of Entemology and Protozoology ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RASH; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SCREENING; SEROPREVALENCE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0031840127     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02771845     Document Type: Article

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