Tularemia in Bursa, Turkey: 205 cases in ten years

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 271-276

  Helvaci, Safiye ^a   Gedikoglu S ^a   Akalin, H ^a   Oral, H B ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Francisella tularensis; Tularemia; Waterborne epidemic

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; DOXYCYCLINE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; TONSILLITIS; TULAREMIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATER CONTAMINATION; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; TULAREMIA; TURKEY;

EID: 0343527230     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007610724801     Document Type: Article

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