Rickettsia felis rickettsiosis in Yucatan

Lancet

Volumn 356, Issue 9235, 2000, Pages 1079-1080

  Zavala Velázquez, Jorge E ^a   Ruiz Sosa, José A ^a   Zavala Castro, J ^a   Jimenez Delgadillo B ^a   Vado Solis, I E ^a   Sánchez Elias, Roger A ^a,b   Becerra Carmona, Gerardo ^b   Moron, C ^c   Bouyer, D H ^c   Walker, David H ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b Hospital General O'Horan   (Mexico)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROCONVERSION;

EID: 0034706327     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02735-5     Document Type: Article

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