Imported African tick bite fever: A case report

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 865-867

  Sexton, Daniel J ^a   Corey, G Ralph ^a   Greenfield Jr , Joseph C ^a   Burton, Claude S ^a   Raoult, Didier ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U Rickettsies Ref Rech R   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN ULCER; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

EID: 0032927286     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.865     Document Type: Article

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