Serologic evidence of human rickettsia infection found in three locations in Panamá

Biomedica

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 31-37

  Bermúdez, Sergio E ^a   Lyons, Cirilo R ^a   García, Gleydis G ^a   Zaldívar, Yamitzel L ^a   Gabster, Amanda ^a   Arteaga, Griselda B ^a  

^a Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud   (Panama)

Author keywords

Disease outbreaks; Epidemiology; Immunoglobulin G; Panam ; Rickettsiaceae infections

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DISEASE CARRIER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FOREST; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IXODIDAE; MICROBIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANAMA; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PET ANIMAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RURAL POPULATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TICK BITE; TICK INFESTATIONS; URBAN POPULATION; VETERINARY; ZOO ANIMAL;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FORESTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IXODIDAE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANAMA; PETS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICK BITES; TICK INFESTATIONS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84890824543     PISSN: 01204157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7705/biomedica.v33i0.831     Document Type: Article

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