Clinical manifestations of African tick-bite fever in the returning traveler

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 137-138

  Burgert, Susan J ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AFRICAN TICK BITE FEVER; AMBLYOMMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALAISE; MALE; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TICK BITE; TRAVEL; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0033997454     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019048-200009030-00009     Document Type: Article

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