Tick-borne rickettsioses imported into Norway in 1997;Flekkfeber importert til Norge i 1997

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 118, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 2627-2629

  Jensenius, Mogens ^a  

^a AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATHOLOGY; RICKETTSIA; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TRAVEL; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; RICKETTSIA; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TRAVEL; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0032580877     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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