Boutonneuse fever and climate variability

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1078, Issue , 2006, Pages 162-169

  De Sousa, Rita ^a   Luz, Teresa ^a   Parreira, Paulo ^a   Santos Silva, Margarida ^a   Bacellar, Fatima ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Boutonneuse fever; Climate variability; Portugal; Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERUM;

IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA CONORII;

EID: 33845708014     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1374.029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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