High Bartonella spp. seroprevalence in a Swedish homeless population but no evidence of trench fever

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 208-215

  Ehrenborg, Christian ^a   Byström, Rolf ^a   Hjelm, Eva ^b   Friman, Göran ^a   Holmberg, Martin ^c  

^a Care Centre for Homeless People   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA ELIZABETHAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFESTATION; LOUSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SERUM; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWEDEN; TRENCH FEVER;

EID: 39349085551     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701632972     Document Type: Article

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