African tick-bite fever imported into Norway: Presentation of 8 cases

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-133

  Jensenius, Mogens ^a   Hasle, Gunnar ^b   Henriksen, Arne Z ^d   Vene, Sirkka ^e   Raoult, Didier ^f   Bruu, Anne Lise ^c   Myrvang, Bjørn ^b  

^a AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^f AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; NORWAY; RASH; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK BITE; TRAVEL;

EID: 0032841953     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655499750006155     Document Type: Article

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