An interstate outbreak of tick-borne relapsing fever among vacationers at a Rocky Mountain cabin

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 743-747

  Trevejo, Rosalie T ^a   Schriefer, Martin E ^b   Gage, Kenneth L ^b   Safranek, Thomas J ^c   Orloski, Kathleen A ^b   John Pape, W ^d   Montenieri, John A ^b   Campbell, Grant L ^b  

^a Sonoma County Department of Health Services   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Nebraska Health and Human Services System   (United States)

^d Colorado Dept Pub Hlth Environ ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTION; CASE STUDY; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION RISK; MYALGIA; SPIROCHETE; SWEATING; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

EID: 0031800838     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.743     Document Type: Article

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