Autochthonous epidemic typhus associated with Bartonella quintana bacteremia in a homeless person

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 638-639

  Badiaga, Sékéné ^a   Brouqui, Philippe ^a,b   Raoult, Didier ^b  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CASE REPORT; COLD EXPOSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; FRANCE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUNGER; MALE; NONHUMAN; POVERTY; REFUGEE; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROCONVERSION; TYPHUS; WAR; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

BARTONELLA QUINTANA; PHTHIRAPTERA; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII;

BACTEREMIA; FRANCE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRENCH FEVER; TYPHUS, EPIDEMIC LOUSE-BORNE;

EID: 20544474314     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.72.638     Document Type: Article

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