Human seroreactivity against Bartonella species in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 320-322

  Laudisoit, Anne ^a,b   Iverson, Jennifer ^c   Neerinckx, Simon ^b,d   Shako, Jean Christophe ^e   Nsabimana, Jean Marie Mafuko ^f   Kersh, Gilbert ^c   Kosoy, Michael ^c   Zeidner, Nordin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e Medical Reference Laboratory   (Congo)

^f Urban Refugees Health Supervisor Handicap International France ^*  (Burundi)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Democratic Republic of Congo; Human; Serology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA ARUPENSIS; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA ELIZABETHAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BARTONELLA VINSONII; BARTONELLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BLOOD; COXIELLA BURNETII; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; Q FEVER; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957573455     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: 19957645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60094-1     Document Type: Article

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