Murine typhus in Tenerife. Clinicoepidemiological study and differential clinical features with Q fever;Tifus murino en Tenerife. Estudio clinicoepidemiológico y características clínicas diferenciales con la fiebre Q

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 121, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 613-615

  Miguélez, Máximo ^a,b   Laynez, Pedro ^a   Linares, Manuel ^a   Hayek, Marcelino ^a   Abella, Lucy ^a   Marañez, Ignacio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE CANDELARIA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Murine typhus; Q fever; Rickettsial disease

Indexed keywords

LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FLEA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; Q FEVER; RASH; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEASON; SPAIN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TYPHUS;

EID: 0347588007     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13054190     Document Type: Article

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