Q fever in children in Greece

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 540-544

  Maltezou, Helen C ^a   Constantopoulou, Ioanna ^a   Kallergi, Constantina ^b   Vlahou, Vasiliki ^a   Georgakopoulos, Dimitris ^b   Kafetzis, Dimitris A ^a   Raoult, Didier ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b P AND A KYRIAKOU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHEESE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FEVER; GREECE; HEADACHE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; Q FEVER; RICKETTSIOSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; TICK BITE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZOONOSIS;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA BURNETII; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 2442720246     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.70.540     Document Type: Article

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