Human exposure to Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Portugal

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1078, Issue , 2006, Pages 100-105

  Santos, Ana Sofia ^a   Bacellar, F ^a   Dumler, J S ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum exposure; Lyme borreliosis; Portugal; Serologic study

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANTIBODY DETECTION; BLOOD DONOR; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTUGAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33845695647     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1374.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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