Study on tick-borne rickettsiae in eastern Poland. II. Serological response of occupationally exposed populations

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 280-282

  Zajac, Violetta ^a   Wójcik Fatla, Angelina ^a   Cisak, Ewa ^a   Sroka, Jacek ^a,b   Sawczyn, Anna ^a   Dutkiewicz, Jacek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Agricultural workers; Eastern poland; ELISA; Forestry workers; Serology; Spotted fever group rickettsiae

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOREST WORKER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLAND; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DERMACENTOR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FORESTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLAND; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 84878927213     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 18982263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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