Q fever serology in febrile patients in Southeast Iran

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 623-624

  Khalili, Mohammad ^a,b   Shahabi Nejad, Naser ^b   Golchin, Mehdi ^a  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Apparent seropositivity; Coxiella burnetii; ELISA; Iran; Q fever

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; Q FEVER; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE;

COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 77955556075     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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