Short Communication: Prevalence of antibodies against Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) in children in The Gambia, West Africa

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 850-853

  van der Hoek, Wim ^a   Sarge Njie, Ramu ^b   Herremans, Tineke ^a   Chisnall, Thomas ^c   Okebe, Joseph ^b   Oriero, Eniyou ^b   Versteeg, Bart ^a   Goossens, Bart ^d   van der Sande, Marianne ^a,e   Kampmann, Beate ^b   Nwakanma, Davis ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d SOS Children's Villages International ^*  (Gambia)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Fever; Gambia; Q fever; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM; CHILD HEALTH; SERUM; VILLAGE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; Q FEVER; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; Q FEVER; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

GAMBIA;

COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 84879219088     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12116     Document Type: Article

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