Seroprevalence of Q fever, brucellosis and leptospirosis in farmers and agricultural workers in Bari, Southern Italy

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-209

  Monno, Rosa ^a   Fumarola, Luciana ^a   Trerotoli, Paolo ^a   Cavone, Domenica ^a   Giannelli, Giorgia ^a   Rizzo, Caterina ^a   Ciceroni, Lorenzo ^b   Musti, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brucella; C. burnetii; Exposition; Farmers; Leptospira

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; FARM ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; ITALY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; Q FEVER; SEROPREVALENCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ITALY; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; Q FEVER; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; BRUCELLA; LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 75349091519     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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