Epidemiology of scrub typhus in eastern Taiwan, 2000-2004

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 235-238

  Lee, Yeong Sheng ^a   Wang, Pei Hua ^a   Tseng, Shu Jen ^a   Ko, Ching Fen ^a   Teng, Hwa Jen ^b  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Research and Diagnostic Center   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FALLING; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RASH; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRING; STUDENT T TEST; SYMPTOM; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 33748118142     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 13446304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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