Serological response to Bartonella species in febrile patients from Nepal

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 740-742

  Myint, Khin Saw Aye ^a   Gibbons, Robert V ^a   Iverson, Jennifer ^b   Shrestha, Sanjaya K ^c   Pavlin, Julie A ^a   Mongkolsirichaikul, Duangrat ^a   Kosoy, Michael Y ^b  

^a ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c Walter Reed/AFRIMS Research Unit Nepal   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Febrile illness; IFA; Immune response; Nepal; Serosurvey

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; CHILD; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CHILD; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

BARTONELLA;

EID: 81055157794     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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