Serological evidence of Bartonella henselae infection in healthy people in Catalonia, Spain

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 136, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1712-1716

  Pons, I ^a,b,c   Sanfeliu, I ^c   Cardenosa N ^a   Nogueras, M M ^a   Font, B ^a   Segura, F ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Hospital Universitari Parc Taulí   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RICKETTSIOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN;

EID: 56349158409     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808000368     Document Type: Article

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