A study on forensic samples of Bartonella spp. antibodies in Swedish intravenous heroin addicts

APMIS

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 507-513

  McGill, Svena ^a   Rajs, Jovan ^b   Hjelm, Eva ^a   Lindquist, Olle ^a   Friman, Göran ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bartonella spp. antibodies; Forensic samples; Swedish intravenous heroin addicts

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA ELIZABETHAE; BARTONELLA GRAHAMII; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BARTONELLA VINSONII; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICKETTSIOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HEROIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0038377912     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0463.2003.1110409.x     Document Type: Article

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