Scrub typhus and military operations in Indochina

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 940-941

  Corwin, Andrew ^a,b,c,d,e   Soderquist, Richard ^a,b,c,d,e   Suwanabun, Nantavadee ^a,b,c,d,e   Sattabongkot, Jetsumon ^a,b,c,d,e   Martin, Les ^a   Kelly, Daryl ^a   Beecham, James ^a  

^a US Naval Medical Research Unit No 2 Jakarta   (Indonesia)

^b ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^c Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific   (United States)

^d NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LAOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITE; NONHUMAN; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEROCONVERSION; THAILAND; VIET NAM; WAR;

EID: 0033495884     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520468     Document Type: Article

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