Rickettsioses in Swedish travellers, 1997-2001

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 247-250

  Rahman, Adnan ^a   Tegnell, Anders ^a   Vene, Sirkka ^a   Giesecke, Johan ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN; TRAVEL;

EID: 0038422896     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540310005422     Document Type: Article

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