Rickettsial diseases: The typhus group of fevers - A review

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 895, 2000, Pages 269-272

  Cowan, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; DOXYCYCLINE; MALATHION; PERMETHRIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; REVIEW; RICKETTSIOSIS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SCRUB TYPHUS; TYPHUS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0033997112     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.76.895.269     Document Type: Review

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