Seroprevalence study of Francisella tularensis among hunters in Germany

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 183-189

  Jenzora, Andrea ^a   Jansen, Andreas ^a   Ranisch, Heidrun ^a   Lierz, Michael ^b   Wichmann, Ole ^a   Grunow, Roland ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Francisella; Germany; Risk group; Seroprevalence; Tularemia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GERMANY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARMOSET; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TULAREMIA; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZOONOSIS;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GERMANY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TULAREMIA;

EID: 45149089893     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2008.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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