Serosurvey of wild rodents for Rickettsioses (spotted fever, murine typhus and Q fever) in Java Island, Indonesia

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-93

  Ibrahim, Ima Nurisa ^b   Okabayashi, Tamaki ^a   Ristiyanto, ^b   Lestari, Enny Wahyu ^b   Yanase, Tsuyoshi ^a   Muramatsu, Yasukazu ^a   Ueno, Hiroshi ^a   Morita, Chiharu ^a  

^a RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Indonesia; Murine typhus; Spotted fever group rickettsia (SFGR); Wild rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEA; HEALTH SURVEY; INDONESIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; Q FEVER; RAT; RICKETTSIOSIS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROPREVALENCE; TICK;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; INDONESIA; MALE; Q FEVER; RATS; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTIONS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TYPHUS, ENDEMIC FLEA-BORNE;

EID: 0032914407     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007547721171     Document Type: Article

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