An update on lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses

Nurse Practitioner

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 38-59

  Fell, Elizabeth ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; BABESIOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MASS SCREENING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BABESIOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MASS SCREENING; RISK FACTORS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 0034302989     PISSN: 03611817     EISSN: 15388662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20006205-200025100-00003     Document Type: Article

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