Prevalence of Bartonella infections in Slovenian intravenous drug users

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 990, Issue , 2003, Pages 414-418

  Zupan, Sabina ^a   Poljak, Mario ^a   Avšič Zupanč, Tatjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Bartonella henselae; Bartonella infection; Bartonella quintana; IV drug users; Slovenia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; RICKETTSIOSIS; SLOVENIA;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA;

EID: 0037713739     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07403.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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