Scrub typhus

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 53, Issue NOV., 2005, Pages 954-958

  Mahajan, S K ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ASIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SCRUB TYPHUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ASIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEVER; HUMANS; SCRUB TYPHUS;

EID: 27744490312     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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