Antibodies against Rickettsia spp. in Hunters, Germany

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1961-1963

  Jansen, Andreas ^a   La Scola, Bernard ^b   Raoult, Didier ^b   Lierz, Michael ^c   Wichmann, Ole ^a   Stark, Klaus ^a   Schneider, Thomas ^d  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL HUNTING; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTHRALGIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IXODES RICINUS; LETTER; LYMPHADENITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA ISRAELENSIS; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIA MONGOLITIMONAE; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; TICK; TICK BITE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPORTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57049109879     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1412.080229     Document Type: Letter

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