Seroprevalence of Legionella pneumophila in pneumonia patients in four major hospitals in Trinidad and Tobago

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 375-378

  Nagalingam, N A ^a   Adesiyun, Abiodun A ^a   Swanston, W H ^a   Bartholomew, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL AMERICA; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION SIZE; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 33645650211     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442005000600006     Document Type: Article

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