Japanese spotted fever, South Korea

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1122-1124

  Chung, Moon Hyun ^a   Lee, Seung Hyun ^b   Kim, Mi Jeong ^a   Lee, Jung Hee ^b   Kim, Eun Sil ^a   Lee, Jin Soo ^a   Kim, Mee Kyung ^a   Park, Mi Yeoun ^c   Kang, Jae Seung ^a  

^a Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^c Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; FEVER; GLTA GENE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMPA GENE; OMPB GENE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; SCA4 GENE; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 33745953549     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1207.051372     Document Type: Article

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