Field investigations of tularemia in Norway

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 191-195

  Berdal, Bjørn P ^a   Mehl, Reidar ^b   Meidell, Nina K ^c   Lorentzen Styr, Anne Marie ^a   Scheel, Olaf ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c Norwegian Cancer Hospital   (Norway)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Achantamoeba castellanii; Amoeba; Epidemiology; Francisella tularensis

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; TULAREMIA;

EID: 0029880275     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0928-8244(95)00102-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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