Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in New York

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 769-773

  Wallace, Barbara J ^a,b   Brady, Geraldine ^b   Ackman, David M ^b,e   Wong, Susan J ^c   Jacquette, Germaine ^d   Lloyd, Elizabeth E ^a   Birkhead, Guthrie S ^b,e  

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

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^d Westchester Co Department of Health   (United States)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK;

EID: 0032513516     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.7.769     Document Type: Article

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