Rickettsia felis infection, Tunisia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 138-140

  Znazen, Abir ^a,b,d,e   Rolain, Jean Marc ^a   Hammami, Nader ^b   Hammami, Adnane ^b   Jemaa, Mounir Ben ^c   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c HEDI CHAKER HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^d Laboratoire de Microbiologie   (Tunisia)

^e Unité des Rickettsie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA SIBIRICA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROLOGY; TUNISIA;

EID: 31344478212     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1201.050876     Document Type: Article

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