Cat or dog ownership and seroprevalence of ehrlichiosis, Q fever, and cat-scratch disease

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1337-1340

  Skerget, Martina ^a   Wenisch, Christoph ^a   Daxboeck, Florian ^b   Krause, Robert ^a   Haberl, Renate ^a   Stuenzner, Doris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DOG; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; Q FEVER; SEROPREVALENCE; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 0141561846     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0910.030206     Document Type: Article

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