Low seroprevalence of Bartonella species in Danish elite orienteers

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 604-606

  Schiellerup, Peter ^a   Dyhr, Thomas ^b   Rolain, Jean Marc ^c   Christensen, Marianne ^a   Damsgaard, Rasmus ^b   Ethelberg, Steen ^a   Fisker, Niels ^d   Andersen, Niels Frost ^e   Raoult, Didier ^c   Krogfelt, Karen A ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA ELIZABETHAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BARTONELLACEAE; BLOOD DONOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPORTS;

EID: 4544245821     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540410017617     Document Type: Article

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