Rickettsia slovaca infection, France [4]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 521-523

  Gouriet, Frédérique ^a   Rolain, Jean Marc ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; JOSAMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; TICKBORNE LYMPHADENOPATHY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 33644534487     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1203.050911     Document Type: Letter

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