Ehrlichia chaffeensis seroprevalence among children in the southeast and south-central regions of the United States

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 166-170

  Marshall, Gary S ^a   Jacobs, Richard F ^b   Schutze, Gordon E ^b   Paxton, Helene ^c   Buckingham, Steven C ^d   DeVincenzo, John P ^d   Jackson, Mary Anne ^e   San Joaquin, Venusto H ^f   Standaert, Steven M ^g   Woods, Charles R ^h  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c PanBio InDx Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^g VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 0036152047     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.156.2.166     Document Type: Article

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