An Outbreak of Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis in U.S. Army Troops Deployed to Botswana

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 217-221

  Smoak, Bonnie L ^a   McClain, J Bruce ^b   Brundage, John F ^a   Broadhurst, Laurel ^a   Kelly, Daryl J ^a,c   Dasch, Gregory A ^c   Miller, Richard N ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b US Army MEDDAC   (Italy)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RICKETTSIA; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BOTSWANA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RICKETTSIA; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030183849     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0203.960309     Document Type: Article

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