Leishmaniases in Northern Greece: Seroprevalence of the infection and incidence of the disease during the period 2001-2006

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 997-1003

  Diza, E ^a   Kansouzidou, A ^b   Gerou, S ^a   Vezyri, E ^a   Metallidis, S ^c   Antoniadis, A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Infectious Diseases Hospital of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^c AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GREECE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 53549101666     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0538-y     Document Type: Article

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