Scrub typhus in the western pacific region

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 794-800

  Silpapojakul, K ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Asia; Fever of unknown origin (FUO); Orientia tsutsugamushi; Rickettsia; Scrub typhus

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; DOXYCYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PNEUMONIA; RICKETTSIA; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEROLOGY; URBAN POPULATION;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; HUMANS; SCRUB TYPHUS;

EID: 0031418971     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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