African tick-bite fever: An imported spotless rickettsiosis

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 119-124

  Brouqui, Philippe ^a,b,e   Harle, Jean R ^c   Delmont, Jean ^b   Frances, Camille ^d   Weiller, Pierre J ^c   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a Unité des Rickettsies   (France)

^b Serv Maladies Infectieuses T   (France)

^c TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK BITE; TRAVEL; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0031012925     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.1.119     Document Type: Article

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