Seroprevalence of Coxiella burnetii antibodies among students of the faculty of medicine in Košice (Slovakia)

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 563-568

  Dorko, E ^a   Kalinova Z ^a   Pilipcinec E ^b  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COXIELLA BURNETII;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMORBIDITY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DAIRY PRODUCT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MEAT; MEDICAL STUDENT; MICROBIOLOGY; Q FEVER; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SLOVAKIA; STATISTICS; TICK; URBAN POPULATION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COMORBIDITY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DAIRY PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MEAT; Q FEVER; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SLOVAKIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TICKS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 65549083954     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12223-008-0090-2     Document Type: Article

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