Clinical and serological analysis of a Q fever outbreak in western Slovakia with four-year follow-up

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 867-869

  Kovacova E ^a   Kazar J ^b   Simkova A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b INST OF PREV AND CLINICAL MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^c Regional Hospital   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOAT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFLUENZA; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SLOVAKIA; VETERINARY ABORTION; ZOONOSIS;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; PREGNANCY; Q FEVER; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SLOVAKIA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0032407412     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960050209     Document Type: Article

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