Human anaplasmosis in Belgium: A 10-year seroepidemiological study

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 156-159

  Cochez, Christel ^a   Ducoffre, Geneviève ^b   Vandenvelde, Christian ^a   Luyasu, Victor ^c   Heyman, Paul ^a  

^a QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Belgium; Ixodes; Serology

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN GRANULOCYTIC ANAPLASMOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; TICK BITE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; IXODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; IXODES; IXODIDA;

EID: 84860414634     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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