Epidemic typhus in a prison in Burundi

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-134

  Bise, Gérard ^a,b   Coninx, Rudi ^a  

^a Intl Committee of the Red Cross   (Switzerland)

^b ICRC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Burundi; Control; Epidemic typhus; Rickettsia prowazekii; Treatment; Typhus

Indexed keywords

CYFLUTHRIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BED; BURUNDI; CLEANING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOTHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MORTALITY; PRISON; PRISONER; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RED CROSS; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; TYPHUS;

RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII;

EID: 0030962543     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90198-X     Document Type: Article

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