Serological findings of Coxiella burnetii infection among patients with fevers in a health centre in Sarawak, Malaysia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 94-95

  Tay, S T ^a   Ho, T M ^a   Rohani, M Y ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; Q FEVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; Q FEVER;

EID: 0032014195     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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