Rickettsial diseases: The Australian story so far

Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-152

  Graves, Stephen R ^a  

^a GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ectoparasites; Rickettsiae sp.; Rickettsial disease; Rickettsial infections

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE;

AUSTRALIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FLEA; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LOUSE; MITE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIOSIS; RODENT; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEPTICEMIA; SEROLOGY; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TYPHUS; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

AUSTRALIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032062444     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313029800169096     Document Type: Article

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