Prevalence of bartonella henselae antibodies in children and blood donors in croatia

Infection

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 166-167

  Pandak, N ^a   Crossed D Signakovic Rode O ^b   Cabraja I ^a   Kristof Z ^c   Kotarac, S ^d  

^a DR JOSIP BEN EVI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^b Croatia   (Croatia)

^c Institute for Public Health   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFORMED CONSENT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD DONORS; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 67349185618     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-008-8113-0     Document Type: Letter

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