Tularemia: Description of a new case on the 'Amiata Mountain';Tularemia: considerazioni su un nuovo caso sul Monte Amiata

Minerva Medica

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 81-83

  Castro, R ^a   Campanella, G ^a   Gullino, E ^b   Bianconi, E ^b   Biagi, P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Servizio di Cardiologia   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Francisella tularensis; Tularemia diagnosis; Tularemia epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HARE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ITALY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PHARYNX DISEASE; TULAREMIA;

EID: 0032769893     PISSN: 00264806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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