High prevalence of antibodies to Legionella spp. in Danish blood donors. A study in areas with high and average incidence of Legionnaires' disease

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 257-262

  Rudbeck, M ^a,b,c   Molbak K ^b   Uldum, S ^b  

^a Health Consultancy Unit   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c Aarbus Kommune Public Health   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOOD DONORS; DENMARK; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 38049163943     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268807008606     Document Type: Article

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