Systemic inflammatory responses in African tick-bite fever

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 187, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1332-1336

  Jensenius, Mogens ^a   Ueland, Thor ^b   Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^d   Brosstad, Frank ^b   Stylianou, Eva ^b   Vene, Sirkka ^e   Myrvang, Bjørn ^c   Raoult, Didier ^d   Aukrust, Pål ^b  

^a AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; RANTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TICK BITE; TRAVEL;

EID: 0037446907     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/368415     Document Type: Article

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