Detection of Coxiella burnetii specific DNA in blood samples from Japanese patients with chronic nonspecific symptoms by nested polymerase chain reaction

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 139-144

  Kato, Kimitoshi ^a   Arashima, Yasutomo ^a   Asai, Satoshi ^a   Furuya, Yumiko ^b   Yoshida, Yoshiya ^b   Murakami, Masato ^a   Takahashi, Yasuo ^a   Hayashi, Kuniki ^a   Katayama, Takashi ^b   Kumasaka, Kazunari ^a   Arakawa, Yasuyuki ^a   Kawano, Kinya ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cord blood; Coxiella burnetii; Nested PCR; Nonspecific symptom; Q fever

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; Q FEVER; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0031869866     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(98)00042-X     Document Type: Article

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