Scrub typhus, Republic of Palau

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 290-295

  Demma, Linda J ^a   McQuiston, Jennifer H ^a   Nicholson, William L ^a   Murphy, Staci M ^a   Marumoto, Pearl ^b   Sengebau Kingzio, J Maireng ^b   Kuartei, Stevenson ^b   Durand, A Mark ^c   Swerdlow, David L ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Republic of Palau Ministry of Health   (Palau)

^c Department of Health Services ^*  (Federated States of Micronesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PALAU; RAT; RODENT; SCRUB TYPHUS;

EID: 33644518243     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1202.050967     Document Type: Article

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