Human pathogens in body and head lice

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1515-1518

  Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^a   Ndihokubwayo, Jean Bosco ^a,b   Guidran, Jo ^c   Kelly, Patrick J ^d   Raoult, Didier ^a,e  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire   (Burundi)

^c Médecins sans Frontiere   (France)

^d ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BORRELIA RECURRENTIS; BURUNDI; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; LOUSE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PEDICULUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RWANDA;

EID: 0036913850     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0812.020111     Document Type: Article

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