Serological and clinical evidence for human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in north-eastern Switzerland;Serologische und klinische daten weisen auf das endemische vorkommen der humanen granulozytaren ehrlichiose in der nordostschweiz hin

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 130, Issue 41, 2000, Pages 1462-1470

  Weber, R ^a   Pusterla, N ^a   Loy, M ^a   Leutenegger, C M ^a   Schar, G ^a   Baumann, D ^a   Wolfensberger, C ^a   Lutz, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis; Switzerland; Tick borne diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EHRLICHIA PHAGOCYTOPHILA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SWITZERLAND; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CASE REPORT; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENGLISH ABSTRACT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND; TICKS;

EID: 0034649107     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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