Rickettsia helvetica: An emerging tick-borne pathogen in Hungary and Europe;Rickettsia helvetica: Egy növekvo jelentoségu kullancs terjesztette kórokozó hazánkban és Európában

Orvosi Hetilap

Volumn 146, Issue 50, 2005, Pages 2547-2552

  Sréter, Tamás ^a   Sréterné, Lancz Zsuzsanna ^a   Széll, Zoltán ^a   Egyed, László ^b  

^a Bakteriológiai Foosztály ^*  (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Hungary; Ixodes ricinus; Rickettsia helvetica; Spotted fever group; Tick borne diseases; Ticks

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE DISEASE; EUROPE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUNGARY; IXODES RICINUS; MYOCARDITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROLOGY; SUDDEN DEATH; TICK; ANIMAL; DERMACENTOR; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS;

ANIMALS; DERMACENTOR; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; EUROPE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 33644862089     PISSN: 00306002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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