Prevalence of antibodies to Rickettsiae in different regions of Serbia

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 219-224

  Samardzic, Svetomir ^a,h   Marinkovic, Tatjana ^b   Marinkovic, Dragan ^b   Djuricic, Bosiljka ^c   Ristanovic, Elizabeta ^d   Simovic, Tatjana ^e   Lako, Branislav ^d   Vukov, Biljana ^f   Bozovic, Bojana ^g   Gligic, Ana ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRI TINA   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Serbia)

^e Institute of Occupational Health   (Serbia)

^f Zrenjanin Hospital   (Serbia)

^g Institute for Virology and Immunology Torlak   (Serbia)

^h NONE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Indirect immunofluorescence assay; Rickettsiae; Serbia; Spotted fever group rickettsiae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA AKARI; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIOSIS; SERBIA; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOM;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; YUGOSLAVIA;

RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AKARI; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 43049084806     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0122     Document Type: Article

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