Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis, Missouri

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1579-1586

  Olano, Juan P ^a,d   Masters, Edwin ^b   Hogrefe, Wayne ^c   Walker, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b Premier Family Physicians   (United States)

^c Focus Technologies   (United States)

^d University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA 16S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIOSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344306556     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0912.020733     Document Type: Article

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