Serological evidence for human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in western Austria

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 543-547

  Walder, G ^a   Tiwaid, G ^a   Dierich, M P ^a   Wurzner R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUSTRIA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0141785106     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-003-0986-3     Document Type: Article

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