Epidemiology of endemic Bartonella bacilliformis: A prospective cohort study in a Peruvian mountain valley community

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 186, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 983-990

  Chamberlin, Judith ^a,d   Laughlin, Larry W ^a   Romero, Sofia ^c,e   Soloórzano, Nelson ^b   Gordon, Scott ^a,f   Andre, Richard G ^a   Pachas, Paul ^b   Friedman, Heidi ^a   Ponce, Carlos ^b   Watts, Douglas ^c,g  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b MINISTERIO DE SALUD   (Peru)

^c California   (Peru)

^d WESTAT   (United States)

^e UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^f US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine South   (United States)

^g NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; RISK FACTOR; VECTOR CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0036785420     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/344054     Document Type: Article

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