Presence of human past infections due to the Bar29 rickettsial strain in Southern Spain

Journal of Infection

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Bernabeu Wittel, Max ^a   del Toro, M D ^b   Nogueras, M M ^c   Muniain, M A ^b   Cardenosa N ^c   Segura, F ^c   Pachon J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^c Infectious Diseases Program   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bar29 strain; Seroprevalence; Spain; Spotted fever group

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 33645298738     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.07.012     Document Type: Article

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