Tularemia re-emerging in European part of Turkey after 60 years

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 391-393

  Gürcan, Şaban ^a   Eskiocak, Muzaffer ^a   Varol, Gamze ^b   Uzun, Cem ^a   Tatman Otkun, Müşerref ^a   Şakru, Nermin ^a   Karadenizli, Aynur ^c   Karagol Cigdem ^a   Otkun, Metin ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Provincial Health Department   (Turkey)

^c KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; STREPTOMYCIN;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DRINKING; EPIDEMIC; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNX; PATIENT EDUCATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPRING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROAT CULTURE; TULAREMIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMANS; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; RISK FACTORS; TULAREMIA; TURKEY;

EID: 33846012910     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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