Francisella tularensis infection transmitted by prairie dog;Infección por Francisella tularensis transmitida por un perro de las praderas

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 583-584

  Alcala Minagorre P J ^a,b   Fernandez Bernal A ^a   Sanchez Bautista A ^a   Loeda Ozores, C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Francisella tularensis; Pairie dog; Pets; Tularemia; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BITE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRAIRIE DOG; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCIURIDAE; TULAREMIA; UNITED STATES; YERSINIA PESTIS; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 3242881685     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13062328     Document Type: Article

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