Serological investigation of Bartonella henselae infections in clinically cat-scratch disease-suspected patients, patients with cardiovascular diseases, and healthy veterinary students in Japan

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 313-316

  Kikuchi, Eisaku ^a   Maruyama, Soichi ^a   Sakai, Takeo ^a   Tanaka, Shigeo ^a   Yamaguchi, Fukumitsu ^a   Hagiwara, Toshikatsu ^b   Katsube, Yasuji ^a   Mikami, Takeshi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bartonella henselae; Cardiovascular; Cat scratch disease; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEA; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VETERINARY MEDICINE; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; FELIS CATUS; NEGIBACTERIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 0035992657     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2002.tb02701.x     Document Type: Article

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