Human granulocytic anaplasmosis in northeastern Italy

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1078, Issue , 2006, Pages 106-109

  Beltrame, Anna ^a,d   Ruscio, Maurizio ^b   Arzese, Alessandra ^c   Rorato, Giada ^a   Negri, Camilla ^a   Londero, Angela ^a   Crapis, Massimo ^a   Scudeller, Luigia ^a   Viale, Pierluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b Hospital of S Daniele   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human granulocytic anaplasmosis; Italy; Seroprevalence; Tick borne infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN GRANULOCYTIC ANAPLASMOSIS; ITALY; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ACARI;

EID: 33845704540     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1374.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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