Scrub typhus imported to Scandinavia

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 200-202

  Jensenius, Mogens ^a,b   Montelius, Richard ^c   Berild, Dag ^a   Vene, Sirkka ^d  

^a AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Gävle County Hospital   (Norway)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LAOS; MALE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; RICKETTSIOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCANDINAVIA; SCRUB TYPHUS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SRI LANKA; THAILAND; TRAVEL;

EID: 33644592993     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500277342     Document Type: Article

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