Serologic assessment of the risk of developing chronic Q fever in cohorts of acutely infected individuals

Journal of Infection

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-44

  Hung, Min Nan ^a   Lin, Li Jen ^a   Hou, Min Yi ^b   Lin, Po Shan ^b   Wang, Yung Chun ^b   Shu, Pei Yun ^b   Lin, Chien Chou ^b   Lu, Hsiu Ying ^b   Liu, Yung Ching ^c  

^a Centers for Disease Control   (Taiwan)

^b CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Coxiella burnetii; Follow up studies; Q fever

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; Q FEVER; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COXIELLA BURNETII; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; Q FEVER; SEROLOGIC TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751609145     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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