Murine typhus among Arabs and Jews in Israel 1991-2001

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1123-1126

  Bishara, Jihad ^a,e   Hershkovitz, Dov ^a   Yagupsky, Pablo ^b   Lazarovitch, Tzippy ^c   Boldur, Ida ^c   Kra Oz, Tzippy ^d   Pitlik, Silvio ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arabs; Epidemiology; Incidence; Israel; Jews; Murine typhus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TYPHUS;

ANIMALS; ARABS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TYPHUS, ENDEMIC FLEA-BORNE;

EID: 13644261411     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-004-1750-4     Document Type: Article

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