Rickettsial infections around the world, part 2: Rickettsialpox, the typhus group, and bioterrorism

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 105-115

  Wu, Jashin J ^a   Huang, David B ^b,c,d   Pang, Katie R ^e   Tyring, Stephen K ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston   (United States)

^g CENTER FOR CLINICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; OFLOXACIN; RICKETTSIA VACCINE; TETRACYCLINE;

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BODY RASH; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIFE CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AKARI; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIOSIS; SCRUB TYPHUS; TISSUE SECTION; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; TYPHUS;

ANIMALS; BIOTERRORISM; HUMANS; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33645895585     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10227-005-0134-z     Document Type: Review

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