Outbreak of Rickettsia africae infections in participants of an adventure race in South Africa

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 316-323

  Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^b   Roux, Veronique ^b   Caumes, Eric ^b   Donzel, Marc ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TOURISM;

EID: 0031950551     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514664     Document Type: Article

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