A flea-associated rickettsia pathogenic for humans

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 73-81

  Raoult, Didier ^a,c   La Scola, Bernard ^a   Enea, Maryse ^a   Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^a   Roux, Véronique ^a   Fenollar, Florence ^a   Galvao, Marcio A M ^b   De Lamballerie, Xavier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Ouro Preto Federal University   (Brazil)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEVER; FLEA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RASH; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0035109006     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0701.010112     Document Type: Article

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