Rickettsioses in Japan and the Far East

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1078, Issue , 2006, Pages 60-73

  Mahara, Fumihiko ^a  

^a Mahara Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese spotted fever; Q fever; Rickettsia japonica; Rickettsiosis; Spotted fever; Tick; Tsutsugamushi disease

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; MINOCYCLINE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE; TETRACYCLINE;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CARRIER; FAR EAST; FATALITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; JAPAN; JAPANESE SPOTTED FEVER; LABORATORY TEST; LAW; Q FEVER; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; TICK; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ACARI; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA JAPONICA; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 33845707664     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1374.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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