Short report: Serologic evidence of human ehrlichiosis in Peru

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 242-244

  Moro, Pedro L ^b   Shah, Jyotsna ^c   Li, Olga ^d   Gilman, Robert H ^e   Harris, Nick ^c   Moro, Manuel H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c IGeneX Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERU; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; CURA; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; MALE; PERU; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 59649096094     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.80.242     Document Type: Article

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