Clinical distinction between human granulocytic ehrlichiosis and the initial phase of tick-borne encephalitis

Journal of Infection

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-58

  Lotric Furlan, S ^a   Petrovec, M ^b   Avsic Zupanc, T ^b   Strle, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROCONVERSION; SLOVENIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 0034017514     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jinf.1999.0587     Document Type: Article

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