Scrub typhus in north Queensland

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 170, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 318-320

  McBride, William J H ^a,b   Taylor, Carmel T ^a,c   Pryor, Jenny A ^a   Simpson, John D ^a  

^a CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^c Lavarack Barracks Medical Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCRUB TYPHUS; SOLDIER; TRAINING;

EID: 0033526129     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb127786.x     Document Type: Article

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