Epidemiology and clinical features of Mediterranean Spotted Fever in Italy

Parassitologia

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 131-133

  Cascio, A ^a   Iaria, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Azithromycin; Boutonneuse fever; Clarithromycin; Rickettsia; Spotted Fever

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ANIMAL; BITES AND STINGS; BLOOD; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SEASON; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARACHNID VECTORS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BITES AND STINGS; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; ITALY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SEASONS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ACARI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII;

EID: 33748589696     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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