Fatal human infection with Rickettsia rickettsii, Yucatán, Mexico

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 672-674

  Zavala Castro, Jorge E ^a   Zavala Velázquez, Jorge E ^a,d   Walker, David H ^b   Ruiz Arcila, Edgar E ^c   Laviada Molina, Hugo ^a   Olano, Juan P ^b   Ruiz Sosa, José A ^a   Small, Melissa A ^b   Dzul Rosado, Karla R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c Hospital General O'Horan   (Mexico)

^d Departamento de Patología Tropical   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA EXTRACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEXICO; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIOSIS;

EID: 33645468014     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1204.051282     Document Type: Article

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