Q fever in young children, Ghana [5]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 344-346

  Kobbe, Robin ^a   Kramme, Stefanie ^a   Kreuels, Benno ^a   Adjei, Samuel ^a   Kreuzberg, Christina ^a   Panning, Marcus ^a   Adjei, Ohene ^b   Fleischer, Bernhard ^a   May, Jürgen ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b KUMASI CENTRE FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEVER; GHANA; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LETTER; MALARIA; PLASMA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; Q FEVER;

EID: 38949083528     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1402.070971     Document Type: Letter

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