Emerging bacterial zoonotic and vector-borne diseases: Ecological and epidemiological factors

JAMA

Volumn 275, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 463-469

  Walker, David H ^a,i   Barbour, Alan G ^b   Oliver, James H ^c   Lane, Robert S ^d   Dumler, J Stephen ^e   Dennis, David T ^f   Persing, David H ^g   Azad, Abdu F ^e   McSweegan, Edward ^h  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL DERIVATIVE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BARTONELLACEAE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOLOGY; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MIXED INFECTION; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 0030045235     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.275.6.463     Document Type: Article

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