Isolation of Rickettsia akari from a patient in a region where mediterranean spotted fever is endemic

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 216-220

  Radulovic, Suzana ^a   Feng, Hui Min ^c   Morovic, Miro ^c   Djelalija, Boris ^c   Popov, Vsevolod ^c   Crocquet Valdes, Patricia ^c   Walker, David H ^b  

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

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

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CASE REPORT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 0030063420     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.2.216     Document Type: Article

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