Epidemiological studies on Bartonella quintana infections among homeless people in Tokyo, Japan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-35

  Seki, Naomi ^a,b,c   Sasaki, Toshinori ^b   Sawabe, Kyoko ^b   Sasaki, Tsuguo ^b   Matsuoka, Mayumi ^b   Arakawa, Yoshichika ^b   Marui, Eiji ^a   Kobayashi, Mutsuo ^b  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE;

EID: 33644513773     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 13446304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.jjid.2006.31     Document Type: Article

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