Plague in Algeria: About five strains of Yersinia pestis isolated during the outbreak of June 2003;La peste en Algérie: À propos de cinq souches de Yersinia pestis isolées lors de l'épidémie de juin 2003

Pathologie Biologie

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-18

  Lounici, M ^a   Lazri, M ^a   Rahal, K ^a  

^a Institut Pasteur d'Algerie   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Biovar Orientalis; Peste; Plague; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; GLYCEROL; NITRATE; NITRITE; OFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ALGERIA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ALGERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLAGUE; PLASMIDS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 11144320361     PISSN: 03698114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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