Serological survey of Q fever in Crete, southern Greece

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 123-127

  Vranakis, Iosif ^a   Kokkini, Sofia ^a   Chochlakis, Dimosthenis ^a   Sandalakis, Vassillios ^a   Pasparaki, Eirini ^a   Minadakis, Georgios ^a   Gikas, Achilleas ^a   Tselentis, Yannis ^a   Psaroulaki, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Greece; Immunofluorescence; Q fever; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREECE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; Q FEVER; SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; Q FEVER; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 84857044439     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: 18781667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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