Rickettsiosis after a stay in southern Africa;Rickettsiose efter ophold i det sydlige Afrika

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 166, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 902-904

  Madsen, Kreesten Meldgaard ^a   Storgaard, Merete ^a   Krogfelt, Karen A ^a   Obel, Niels ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AFRICAN TICK BITE FEVER; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; PROGNOSIS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK BITE; TOURISM; TRAVEL; WEIL FELIX TEST;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SOUTH AFRICA; TICKS; TRAVEL;

EID: 1542720950     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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