Arthropod transmission of tularemia

Infections in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 306-308

  Goddard, Jerome ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Bureau of Environmental Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Francisella tularensis; Tick borne disease; Tularemia

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMAN; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TULAREMIA; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 0031803788     PISSN: 07496524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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