Presence of antibodies against coxiella burnetii and risk of spontaneous abortion: A nested case-control study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Nielsen, Stine Yde ^a,b   Hjøllund, Niels Henrik ^a,b   Andersen, Anne Marie Nybo ^c   Henriksen, Tine Brink ^b   Kantsø, Bjørn ^d   Krogfelt, Karen Angeliki ^d   Mølbak, Kåre ^d  

^a REGIONAL HOSPITAL WEST JUTLAND   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BLOOD; NONHUMAN; Q FEVER; SEROPREVALENCE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; BLOOD; DENMARK; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COXIELLA BURNETII; DENMARK; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84857432807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031909     Document Type: Article

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