Scrub Typhus Reemergence in the Maldives

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1638-1641

  Lewis, Michael D ^a,d   Yousuf, Abdul Azeez ^b   Lerdthusnee, Kriangkrai ^a   Razee, Ahmed ^c   Chandranoi, Kirkvitch ^a   Jones, James W ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^b Ministry of Health Maldives   (Maldives)

^c Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital   (Maldives)

^d USAMC AFRIMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALDIVES; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RICKETTSIOSIS; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0345169012     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0912.030212     Document Type: Review

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