A further case of acute human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in Slovenia

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 385-386

  Laferl, H ^a   Hogrefe, W ^b   Kock T ^a   Pichler, H ^a  

^a KAISER FRANZ JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b MRL Diagnostics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALAISE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOVENIA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SLOVENIA; TICKS;

EID: 0032710840     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00015026     Document Type: Article

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