Unrecognized spotted fever group rickettsiosis masquerading as dengue fever in Mexico

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 157-159

  Zavala Velazquez, Jorge E ^a   Yu, Xue Jie ^b   Walker, David H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENGUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEXICO; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

DENGUE VIRUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AKARI; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI;

EID: 0029758223     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.157     Document Type: Article

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