Epidemiological study of Rickettsia typhi infection in two provinces of the North of Spain: Analysis of sera from the general population and sheep

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 157-161

  Lledo, Lourdes ^a   Gegundez, M I ^a   Medina, J ^a   Gonzalez, J V ^b   Alamo, R ^b   Saz, J V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b Servicio de Programas de Salud y Prevención de la Dirección Técnica de Recursos Humanos y Gestión de Centros Gerencia de Servicios Sociales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Murine typhus; Rickettsia typhi; Sentinel animals; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPAIN; TYPHUS, ENDEMIC FLEA-BORNE;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; OVIS ARIES; RICKETTSIA TYPHI;

EID: 23844520250     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2005.5.157     Document Type: Article

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