Murine typhus in South Texas children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 535-538

  Fergie, Jaime E ^a   Purcell, Kevin ^a,b   Wanat, Diane ^a  

^a DRISCOLL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Endemic; Murine; South Texas; Typhus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; TYPHUS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXAS; TYPHUS, ENDEMIC FLEA-BORNE;

EID: 0034047720     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200006000-00009     Document Type: Article

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