Japanese spotted fever in Shimane Prefecture - Outbreak and place of infection

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 73-74

  Itagaki, Asao ^a   Matsuda, Yuho ^a   Hoshina, Ken ^a  

^a Matsue Shimane 690 0122 Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; JAPANESE SPOTTED FEVER; NONHUMAN; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEASON; TICK;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0033925893     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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