Survey of the seroprevalence of Bartonella quintana in homeless people

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 756-759

  Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CAT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LOUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS;

EID: 19244362188     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.4.756     Document Type: Article

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