Epidemiological survey of tick-borne encephalitis virus and Anaplasma phagocytophilum co-infections in patients from regions of the Czech Republic endemic for tick-borne diseases

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 119, Issue 17-18, 2007, Pages 538-543

  Zeman, Petr ^a   Pazdiora, Petr ^b   Chmelik, Vaclav ^c   Januska, Jiri ^d   Sedivy, Karel ^e   Guglielmone, Alberto A ^f   Iriarte, Jorge A ^g   Medkova, Zuzana ^h  

^a Medical Laboratories   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c Ceske Budejovice City Hospital   (Czech Republic)

^d National Reference Laboratory for Arboviruses   (Czech Republic)

^e Pribram City Hospital   (Czech Republic)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^g Ministry of Health   (Argentina)

^h BIO PLUS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Co infection; Flavivirus; Human granulocytic anaplasmosis; Tick borne encephalitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS REACTIONS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 35548934662     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-007-0852-x     Document Type: Review

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