Rocky mountain spotted fever hospitalizations among American Indians

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 537-541

  Demma, Linda J ^a   Holman, Robert C ^b   Mikosz, Christina A ^c   Curns, Aaron T ^b   Swerdlow, David L ^b   Paisano, Edna L ^d   Cheek, James E ^d  

^a MS D 63   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c MS G 17 ^*  (United States)

^d INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TICK BORNE DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

IXODIDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER;

EID: 33750601858     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.537     Document Type: Article

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