Seroprevalence of antibodies to Bartonella henselae in patients with cat scratch disease and in healthy controls: Evaluation and comparison of two commercial serological tests

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 486-490

  Sander, Anna ^a   Posselt, Miriam ^a   Oberle, Karin ^a   Bredt, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GERMANY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE;

EID: 0031878096     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.5.4.486-490.1998     Document Type: Article

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