Pathogenic rickettsiae as bioterrorism agents

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 990, Issue , 2003, Pages 734-738

  Azad, Abdu F ^a   Radulovic, Suzana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioterrorism; Rickettsia

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LUNG DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

COXIELLA BURNETII; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0038727987     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07452.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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