Spotted fever group - rickettsiae in the tyrols: Evidence by seroepidemiology and PCR

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 284-290

  Sonnleitner, S T ^a,b   Simeoni, J ^c   Lang, S ^a   Dobler, G ^d   Speck, S ^d   Zelger, R ^e   Schennach, H ^f   Lass Florl C ^a   Walder, G ^a,b  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Gernot Walder GmbH   (Austria)

^c Service for Hygiene and Public Health   (Italy)

^d Department of Microbiology of the German Armed Forces ^*  (Germany)

^e Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry Laimburg   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Epidemiology; Rickettsia; Serology; Seroprevalence; Tyrol

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; TICK; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 84876786281     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2012.01534.x     Document Type: Article

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