Serological evidence of human infection with rickettsial strain Bar29 in Catalonia, northeastern Spain

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 541-543

  Cardenosa N ^a   Nogueras, M M ^a   Font, B ^a   Segura, F ^a   Munoz T ^b   Sanfeliu, I ^c  

^a Department of Internal Medicine   (Spain)

^b Corporació Sanitària del Parc Taulí ^*  (Spain)

^c UDIAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; SERUM; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SPAIN;

EID: 33747345681     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-006-0176-1     Document Type: Article

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