Causes of fever in adults on the Thai-Myanmar border

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 108-113

  Ellis, Ruth D ^a   Fukuda, Mark M ^b   McDaniel, Philip ^a   Welch, Katherine ^a   Nisalak, Ananda ^c   Murray, Clinton K ^d   Gray, Michael R ^e   Uthaimongkol, Nichapat ^b   Buathong, Nillawan ^b   Sriwichai, Sabaithip ^b   Phasuk, Rungnapha ^c   Yingyuen, Kritsanai ^b   Mathavarat, Chaiyawat ^b   Miller, Robert S ^b  

^a Armed Forces Research Unit of Medical Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b Armed Forces Institute of Research   (Thailand)

^c ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^d BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VETCOM Leptospirosis Reference Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MYANMAR; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RICKETTSIOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; ZOONOSIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALARIA; MELIOIDOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; Q FEVER; THAILAND; VIROLOGY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALARIA; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; Q FEVER; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; THAILAND; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 33645958272     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.74.108     Document Type: Article

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