Distribution of IgA subclass response to Coxiella burnetii in patients with acute and chronic Q fever

Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 80-83

  Camacho, M T ^a   Outschoorn, I ^a   Echevarria C ^a   Kovacova E ^b   Yebra, M ^c   Mate I ^d   Auffray, P ^e   Tellez A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^d Residencia Sanitaria La Paz   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

Author keywords

C. burnetii; IgA subclasses; Q fever

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER;

EID: 0031876944     PISSN: 00901229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/clin.1998.4547     Document Type: Article

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