Seroprevalence of Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia conorii infections in the Canary Islands (Spain)

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Bolaños Rivero, Margarita ^a   Santana Rodriguez, Évora ^a,b   Ángel Moreno, Alfonso ^a,b   Hernández Cabrera, Michele ^a,b   Limiñana Canal, José María ^b   Carranza Rodríguez, Cristina ^a,b   Martín Sánchez, Antonio Manuel ^a,b   Pérez Arellano, José Luis ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INSULAR DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Rickettsia conorii; Rickettsia felis; Rickettsia typhi; Seroepidemiology

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN; TYPHUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN; TYPHUS, ENDEMIC FLEA-BORNE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959197659     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.03.019     Document Type: Article

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