Epidemiological, clinical and laboratory characteristics of 19 serologically confirmed rickettsial disease in Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 553-558

  Chen, M I C ^a   Chua, J K T ^a   Lee, C C ^a   Leo, Y S ^a   Kumarasinghe, G ^b  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Murine; Rickettsial; Scrub; Typhus

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICKETTSIOSIS; SINGAPORE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SINGAPORE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 0035757586     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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