Rickettsial pathogens and their arthropod vectors

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-186

  Azad, Abdu F ^a   Beard, Charles B ^b  

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURVIVAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; REVIEW; RICKETTSIOSIS; TYPHUS;

EID: 0031861480     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0402.980205     Document Type: Review

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