Flying squirrel-associated typhus, United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1341-1343

  Reynolds, Mary G ^a   Krebs, John W ^a   Comer, James A ^a   Sumner, John W ^a   Rushton, Thomas C ^b   Lopez, Carlos E ^c   Nicholson, William L ^a   Rooney, Jane A ^d   Lance Parker, Susan E ^e   McQuiston, Jennifer H ^a   Paddock, Christopher D ^a   Childs, James E ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ID Group of Atlanta   (United States)

^d W Virginia Div of Public Health   (United States)

^e Georgia Division of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFEPIME; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CHILL; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; RASH; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIOSIS; SQUIRREL; TYPHUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141866762     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0910.030278     Document Type: Article

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