Seroprevalence of Coxiella burnetii and Brucella abortus among pregnant women

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 499-501

  Baud, D ^a,c   Peter, O ^b   Langel, C ^c   Regan, L ^c   Greub, Gilbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Central Institute   (Switzerland)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydia like; Coxiella burnetii; Cross reaction; Miscarriage; Parachlamydia acanthamoebae; Q fever; Seroprevalence; Waddlia chondrophila

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; URBAN POPULATION;

BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; CHLAMYDIA; COXIELLA BURNETII; PARACHLAMYDIA ACANTHAMOEBAE; WADDLIA CHONDROPHILA;

EID: 65949105941     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02779.x     Document Type: Article

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