Should tikcs be regarded as a tularemia vector in habitants of north-eastern Poland;Czy kleszcze sa̧ wektorem tularemii u mieszkańców północno-wschodniej Polski?

Medycyna Pracy

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 189-192

  Pancewicz, Sławomir A ^a,b   Zajkowska, Joanna M ^a,b   Świerzbińska, Renata ^a,b   Kondrusik, Maciej ^a,b   Grygorczuk, Sambor S ^a,b   Hermanowska Szpakowicz, Teresa ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^b NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Francisella tularensis; Ixodes ricinus; Tularemia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CEFOTAXIME; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOREST WORKER; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLAND; TEMPERATURE; TICK; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TULAREMIA; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; FEMALE; FORESTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; INFESTATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FORESTRY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMANS; IXODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLAND; RISK FACTORS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TULAREMIA;

EID: 2442549442     PISSN: 04655893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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