Absence of focal neurological involvement in tick-borne relapsing fever in northern Tanzania

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 449-452

  Mayegga, E ^a   Ljøstad, Unn ^b   Mygland, A ^b,c   Monstad, P ^a,b  

^a HAYDOM LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^b Sorlandet Sykehus HF ^*  (Norway)

^c Spesialsykehuset for Rehabilitering HF   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acute disease; Lyme disease; Relapsing fever

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD SMEAR; BORRELIA INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HERXHEIMER REACTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROCHETE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TANZANIA; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RELAPSING FEVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TANZANIA;

EID: 20044376154     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2005.01003.x     Document Type: Article

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