Rickettsia slovaca infection in humans in the northeast of Spain: Seroprevalence study

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 689-694

  Antón, Esperança ^a,b   Nogueras, Maria Mercedes ^a   Pons, Imma ^a,b   Font, Bernat ^a   Muñoz, Tomás ^a   Sanfeliu, Isabel ^a   Segura, Ferran ^a,b,c  

^a Servicio de Oncología Médica   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Corporació Parc Taulí ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Rickettsia; Statistical analysis; Ticks; Vector borne

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; DERMACENTOR PARUMAPERTUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA; RICKETTSIOSIS; RURAL AREA; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN; TICK; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; DERMACENTOR MARGINATUS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA;

EID: 53549097070     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0246     Document Type: Article

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