Prevalebce of antibodues to Bartonella henselae in patients with suspected cat scratch disease (CSD) in Italy

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 583-587

  Del Prete, Raffaele ^a   Fumarola, Donate ^a   Fumarola, Luciana ^a   Basile, Valentine ^a   Mosca, Adriana ^a   Miragliotta, Giuseppe ^a  

^a POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Bartonella henselae; Cat scratch disease; Immunofluorescence; Serology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; AFIPIA; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BRAIN DISEASE; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CHILD; CROSS REACTION; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; ITALY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; NEUROPATHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0032588097     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007558724492     Document Type: Article

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