Epidemiology of rickettsioses in North Africa

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1078, Issue , 2006, Pages 34-41

  Letaïef, Amel ^a  

^a FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Africa, Northern; Epidemiology; Rickettsia; Rickettsia conorii; Rickettsia felis; Rickettsia prowazekii; Rickettsia typhi

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LOUSE; MOROCCO; NONHUMAN; NORTH AFRICA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIOSIS; RURAL AREA; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TUNISIA;

ACARI; MURINAE; PHTHIRAPTERA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIACEAE; TYPHUS GROUP;

EID: 33845688426     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1374.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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