Yersinia Yop-specific IgA antibodies in Hungarian blood donors

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 269-272

  Sonnevend, A ^a,b   Czirok E ^b   Pal T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Hungary)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 27144456772     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02931576     Document Type: Article

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