Prevalence of antibodies to spotted fever group rickettsiae in the region of Split (southern Croatia)

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 451-455

  Punda Polić, Volga ^a   Klišmanić, Zorana ^b   Čapkun, Vesna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b University Hospital Split ^*

Author keywords

Seroepidemiology; Southern Croatia; Spotted fever group rickettsia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIOSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROATIA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0038159691     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024265306482     Document Type: Article

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