Bacterial zoonoses and infective endocarditis, Algeria

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 216-224

  Benslimani, Akila ^a   Fenollar, Florence ^b   Lepidi, Hubert ^b   Raoult, Didier ^b,c  

^a Service de Biologie Clinique   (Algeria)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGERIA; ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 13744254213     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1102.040668     Document Type: Article

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