Rickettsioses in sub-Saharan Africa

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1078, Issue , 2006, Pages 42-47

  Parola, Philippe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Fleas; Lice; Rickettsia aeschlimannii; Rickettsia africae; Rickettsia conorii; Rickettsia felis; Rickettsia massiliae; Rickettsia prowazekii; Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae; Rickettsioses; Ticks

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CTENOCEPHALIDES; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA SIBIRICA; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROLOGY; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TYPHUS;

ACARI; IXODIDA; MURINAE; PHTHIRAPTERA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIA SIBIRICA; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIALES; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); TYPHUS GROUP;

EID: 33845708982     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1374.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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