| bartonella spp. seroprevalence in healthy swedish blood donors. | serum samples were collected from healthy blood donors in 5 regions in sweden in 1999, i.e. from the local blood centres (collecting facilities) in boden, jönköping, lund, skövde, and uppsala. in total, 498 serum samples (63% males, 37% females) were received and tested by immunofluorescence assay for antibodies against b. elizabethae, b. grahamii, b. henselae (houston-1), b. henselae (marseille), b. quintana, and b. vinsonii subsp. vinsonii. an overall bartonella spp. seroprevalence of 16.1% wa ... | 2005 | 16191889 |