First long-term study of the seroresponse to the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis among residents of a tick-endemic area of Sweden

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 173-178

  Wittesjo B ^a,c   Bjoersdorff A ^b   Eliasson, I ^b   Berglund, J ^c,d  

^a BLEKINGE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KALMAR COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Blekinge Institute for Research and Development   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; SWEDEN; TICK;

EID: 0035032287     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960100463     Document Type: Article

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