Chronic Q fever detection in the Netherlands

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1170-1171

  Raoult, Didier ^a   Million, Matthieu ^a   Thuny, Franck ^b   Carrieri, Patrizia ^c,d,e  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e OBSERVATOIRE RÉGIONAL DE LA SANTÉ PROVENCE ALPES CÔTE D AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; SEROLOGY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; Q FEVER;

EID: 80755129258     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir679     Document Type: Letter

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