Antibodies to rickettsia rickettsii, rickettsia typhi, coxiella burnetii, bartonella henselae, rartonella quintana and eirlichia chaffeensis among healthy population in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 853-859

  Da Costa, Paulo Sérgio Gonçalves ^a   Brigatte, Marcos Emilio ^b   Greco, Dirceu Bartolomeu ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Monte Sinai Juiz de Fora   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Brazil; Coxiella; Ehrlichia; Rickettsia; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; COXIELLA; COXIELLA BURNETII; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI;

EID: 32244449043     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762005000800006     Document Type: Article

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