The past and present threat of rickettsial diseases to military medicine and international public health

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue , 2002, Pages S145-S169

  Kelly, Daryl J ^a   Richards, Allen L ^b,d   Temenak, Joseph ^b   Strickman, Daniel ^c   Dasch, Gregory A ^b,e  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; COXIELLA BURNETII; EHRLICHIA CANIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; JAPAN; KOREA; MIDDLE EAST; MILITARY MEDICINE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA JAPONICA; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIOSIS; SCRUB TYPHUS; TYPHUS; VACCINE PRODUCTION; VECTOR CONTROL; WAR;

ANIMALS; BIOTERRORISM; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MILITARY MEDICINE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PUBLIC HEALTH; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RICKETTSIAL VACCINES;

EID: 0037097367     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/339908     Document Type: Article

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