The evidence for rickettsial disease arising in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 1138, 2001, Pages 372-374

  Roberts, Sally ^a   Hill, Philip ^a   Croxson, Margaret ^a   Austin, Paul ^a   McKay, John ^a   Ellis Pegler, Rod ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OPOSSUM; PATHOGENICITY; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RURAL POPULATION; TYPHUS;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OPOSSUMS; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TYPHUS, ENDEMIC FLEA-BORNE;

EID: 0035943730     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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