Demographic and epidemiologic features of Mediterranean spotted fever cases in the region of Split, Croatia

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 990, Issue , 2003, Pages 143-148

  Punda Polić, Volga ^a   Klismanić, Zorana ^b   Capkun, Vesna ^a   Bradarić, Nikola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b Institute of Public Health   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Epidemiology; Mediterranean spotted fever

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROATIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DOG; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SEX RATIO; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ACARI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII;

EID: 0038391034     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07354.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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