Seroprevalence of Coxiella burnetii infection in Southern Taiwan

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-38

  Ko, Wen Chien ^c   Liang, Chun Ching ^a   Chen, Hour Young ^b   Chuang, Yin Ching ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Q fever; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; Q FEVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROPREVALENCE; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; Q FEVER; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 0034097508     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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