A serosurvey of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in blood donors in Crete, Greece

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 473-475

  Chochlakis, D ^a   Papaeustathiou, A ^a   Minadakis, G ^a   Psaroulaki, A ^b   Tselentis, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b Parasitology   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADULT; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOOD; BLOOD DONORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 44149093350     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-007-0457-3     Document Type: Article

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