Rickettsia felis in the United Kingdom [2]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1023-1024

  Kenny, Martin J ^a   Birtles, Richard J ^b   Day, Michael J ^a   Shaw, Susan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; THIAMPHENICOL;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM; CAT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; FEVER; FLEA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RASH; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0041624477     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0908.030314     Document Type: Letter

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