Evaluation of a diagnostic algorithm for acute Q fever in an outbreak setting

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 963-968

  Jager, Mischa M ^a,b   Weers Pothoff, Gezina ^a   Hermans, Mirjam H A ^a   Meekelenkamp, Jamie C E ^a   Schellekens, Jeroen J A ^a   Renders, Nicole H M ^a   Leenders, Alexander C A P ^a   Schneeberger, Peter M ^a   Wever, Peter C ^a  

^a JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; Q FEVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79957973573     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00009-11     Document Type: Article

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