Q fever pneumonia in children in Japan

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 647-651

  To, H ^a   Kako, N ^a   Zhang, G Q ^a   Otsuka, H ^a   Ogawa, M ^a   Ochiai, O ^a   Nguyen, S A V ^a   Yamaguchi, T ^a   Fukushi, H ^a   Nagaoka, N ^b   Akiyama, M ^b   Amano, K ^c   Hirai, K ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shizouka Pref Inst Pub Hlth E   (Japan)

^c AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER;

EID: 13344285350     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.3.647-651.1996     Document Type: Article

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