Tick paralysis: 33 human cases in Washington State, 1946-1996

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1435-1439

  Dworkin, Mark S ^a,b,d   Shoemaker, Phyllis C ^b   Anderson Jr , Donald E ^c  

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

^b WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DERMACENTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TICK BITE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMACENTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICK PARALYSIS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0033385291     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313502     Document Type: Article

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