Rickettsiosis and Q fever in pyretic patients hospitalized at the Bobo- Dioulasso Hospital (Burkina Faso);Seroprevalence des rickettsioses et de la fievre Q chez les patients febriles a l'hopital de Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso)

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 270-274

  Ki Zerbo, G A ^c   Tall, F ^a   Nagalo, K ^a   Ledru, E ^b   Durand, G ^c   Patey, O ^b  

^a Ctr Hosp Natl de Bobo Dioulasso   (Burkina Faso)

^b CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Rickettsiosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; Q FEVER; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIOSIS; TYPHUS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0034194015     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-077X(00)89140-4     Document Type: Article

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