Serologic evidence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum infections in patients with a history of tick bite in central Slovakia

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 120, Issue 13-14, 2008, Pages 427-431

  Kocianová, Elena ^a   Košt'anová, Zina ^b   Štefanidesová, Katarína ^a   Špitalská, Eva ^a   Boldiš, Vojtech ^a   Hučková, Daniela ^c   Stanek, Gerold ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b Regional Office of Public Health in iar Nad Hronom   (Slovakia)

^c HPL spol s ro   (Slovakia)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Lyme borreliosis; Seroprevalence; Tick bite

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HISTORY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LYME DISEASE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RASH; RISK; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SLOVAKIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TICK; TICK BITE; WILD ANIMAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SLOVENIA;

EID: 51949113232     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-008-1000-y     Document Type: Article

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