African tick bite fever in travelers to rural sub-Equatorial Africa

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1411-1417

  Jensenius, Mogens ^a   Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^g   Vene, Sirkka ^f   Hoel, Terje ^b   Hasle, Gunnar ^c   Henriksen, Arne Z ^d   Hellum, Kjell Block ^e   Raoult, Didier ^g   Myrvang, Bjørn ^b  

^a AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Oslo Travel Clinic   (Norway)

^d TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^g CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ANIMAL HUNTING; APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INCIDENCE; LYMPHADENITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RISK FACTOR; TICK BITE; TRAVEL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0037792091     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/375083     Document Type: Article

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