Seroepidemiology of Bartonella henselae infection in a risk qroup;Seroepidemiología de la infección por Bartonella henselae en un colectivo de riesgo

Revista Clinica Espanola

Volumn 198, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 805-809

  Blanco Ramos, J R ^a   Oteo Revuelta, J A ^a,b   Martinez De Artola V ^a   Ramalle Gomara E ^b   Garcia Pineda A ^a   Ibarra Cucalon V ^a  

^a Hospital de La Rioja   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bartonella henselae; Cat scratch disease; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0032240954     PISSN: 00142565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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