An outbreak of acute Bartonellosis (Oroya fever) in the Urubamba region of Peru, 1998

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 344-349

  Ellis, Barbara A ^a   Rotz, Lisa D ^b   Leake, John A D ^b   Samalvides, Frine ^b   Bernable, Jose ^b   Ventura, Gladys ^b   Padilla, Carlos ^b   Villaseca, Pablo ^b   Beati, Lorenza ^b   Regnery, Russell ^b   Childs, James E ^b   Olson, James G ^b   Carrillo, Carlos P ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERU; RICKETTSIOSIS; SKIN NODULE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; INSECTA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0032801264     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.344     Document Type: Article

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