Prevalence of serum antibodies against Bartonella ssp. in a healthy population from the south area of the Seville province;Prevalencia de anticuerpos séricos frente a Bartonella spp. en una polación sana del área sur de la provincia de Sevilla

Revista Clinica Espanola

Volumn 205, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 541-544

  Garcia Garcia J A ^a   Baquerizo, R ^a   Vargas, J ^a   Mira, J A ^a   Merchante, N ^a   Macias J ^a   Pineda Vergara, J A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALME   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacillary angiomatosis; Bartonella; Cat scratch disease; Serology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BARTONELLA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN;

EID: 28844495945     PISSN: 00142565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2565(05)72634-5     Document Type: Article

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