Rickettsia africae infections;Les infections a rickettsia africae

Presse Medicale

Volumn 28, Issue 26, 1999, Pages 1428-1432

  Bernit, E ^a   Raoult, D ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; JOSAMYCIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; THIAMPHENICOL;

BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEVER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; RASH; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK; TOURISM; AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; HUMANS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0033546928     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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