Seroprevalence of Bartonella henselae and Bartonella quintana infections in children from central and northern Jordan

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1664-1669

  Al Majali, Ahmad M ^a   Al Qudah, Khaled M ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BITE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODILUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCRATCHING; SEROPREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 10644226909     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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