Serologic study of rickettsioses among acute febrile patients in Central Tunisia

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1078, Issue , 2006, Pages 176-179

  Kaabia, N ^a   Rolain, J M ^b   Khalifa, M ^a   Ben Jazia, E ^a   Bahri, F ^a   Raoult, D ^b   Letaïef, Amel ^a  

^a FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Ehrlichia; Epidemiology; Q fever; Rickettsia; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; BARTONELLA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COXIELLA BURNETII; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; Q FEVER; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROLOGY; TUNISIA;

BARTONELLA; EHRLICHIA; MURINAE; RICKETTSIA; TYPHUS GROUP;

EID: 33845714515     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1374.126     Document Type: Conference Paper

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