Etiology of tick-borne febrile illnesses in adult residents of north-eastern Poland: Report from a prospective clinical study

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 296, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 242-249

  Grzeszczuk, Anna ^a   Ziarko, Sławomir ^b   Kovalchuk, Oksana ^a   Stańczak, Joanna ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^b Regional Centre for Transfusion Medicine   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Human granulocytic anaplasmosis; Humans; Lyme borreliosis; Tick borne encephalitis; Tick borne infection

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; DNA FRAGMENT; EDETIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 33746541758     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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