Waddlia chondrophila, a potential agent of human fetal death

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1239-1243

  Baud, David ^a,b,d,e   Thomas, Vincent ^a   Arafa, Aliaa ^b   Regan, Lesley ^b   Greub, Gilbert ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e Group of Gilbert Greub   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PATHOGENESIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 34548459383     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1308.070315     Document Type: Article

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