Laboratory diagnosis of acute Q fever;Laboratoriumdiagnostiek van acute Q-koorts

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 154, Issue 37, 2010, Pages 1725-1729

  Wegdam Blans, Marjolijn C A ^a   Nabuurs Franssen, Marrigje H ^b   Horrevorts, Alphons M ^c   Peeters, Marcel F ^d   Schneeberger, Peter M ^e   Bijlmer, Henk A ^f  

^a Stichting Laboratoria voor Pathologie en Medische Microbiologie   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^e JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

BACTERIUM DETECTION; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; CONSENSUS; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LABORATORY TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; Q FEVER; SEROLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 77957323946     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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