Prevalence of Coxiella burnetii infection in foresters and ticks in south-eastern Poland and comparison of diagnostic methods

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 699-704

  Szymańska Czerwińska, Monika ^a   Monika Galińska, Elzbieta ^b   Niemczuk, Krzysztof ^a   Zasepa, Magdalena ^c  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^c Ministerstwo Rolnictwa i Rozwoju Wsi   (Poland)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Foresters; Q fever; Serologic diagnostics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL DISEASE ELISA KIT; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOREST WORKER; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IXODES RICINUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLAND; PREVALENCE; Q FEVER; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; COXIELLA BURNETII; FORESTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLAND; PREVALENCE; Q FEVER; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TICKS;

EID: 84891075961     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 18982263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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