African tick typhus;Africký klíšt'ový tyf

Klinicka Mikrobiologie a Infekcni Lekarstvi

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 88-90

  Vanista J ^a   Mandakova Z ^b   Skokanova V ^c  

^a IPVZ   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BULOVKA   (Czech Republic)

^c Oddeleni Lekarske Imunologie KHS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NATIONAL PARK; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIA AUSTRALIS; RICKETTSIA CASPII; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA ISRAELI; RICKETTSIA JAPONICA; RICKETTSIA SIBIRICA; RICKETTSIACEAE; RICKETTSIOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK BITE;

EID: 0037603219     PISSN: 1211264X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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