Seroprevalence of Rickettsia spp. infection among tick-bitten patients and blood donors in Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-77

  Elfving, Karin ^a   Lindblom, Anders ^a   Nilsson, Kenneth ^a,b  

^a FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SUPERINFECTION; SWEDEN; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWEDEN; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS;

EID: 37749038728     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701509907     Document Type: Article

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