Additional human Q-fever studies on the Cape Verde Islands--2nd report.
The MAR-test results including titer levels of 1:4 and higher revealed 92% positive reactions in the district of Santa Cruz/Santiago and 77% positive reactions in 6 villages of Santo Antao. The submitted examinations prove the agent Coxiella burnetti's existence responsible for different clinical pictures observed on the Cape Verde Islands.
Brosch
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R
Institute of Hygiene, University of Graz, Austria.
Miorini
T
T
Buchrieser
C
C
Buchrieser
V
V
Sixl
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W
D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000276:immunology*; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001266:Atlantic Islands; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D003381:Coxiella / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D011778:Q Fever / Q000276:immunology*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral