Detection of Astrakhan fever rickettsia from ticks in Kosovo

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 990, Issue , 2003, Pages 158-161

  Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^a   Durand, Jean Paul ^b   Rolain, Jean Marc ^a   Camicas, Jean Louis ^c   Tolou, Hervé ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Astrakhan fever rickettsia; Kosovo; Spotted fever group

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ASTRAKHAN FEVER; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEVER; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS PUMILIO; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOLDIER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TICK; YUGOSLAVIA;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; IXODES RICINUS; MORINA; RHIPICEPHALUS PUMILIO; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICINUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA SP. A-167; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0037714924     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07357.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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