Tick-borne diseases

Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-10

  Golightly, Marc G ^a   Benach, Jorge ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Babesiosis; Diagnostic tests; Ehrlichiosis; Lyme disease; Tick borne diseases; Tick borne viral encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL FEATURE; EHRLICHIOSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IXODES; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYME DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; RICKETTSIACEAE; SYMPTOM; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

EID: 0032952021     PISSN: 0954139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013542-199901000-00001     Document Type: Review

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