Rat-bite fever, Canada

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1301-1302

  Schachter, Michael E ^a   Wilcox, Lindsay ^a   Rau, Neil ^b   Yamamura, Deborah ^a,c   Brown, Shirley ^d   Lee, Christine H ^a,e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Halton Healthcare Services   (Canada)

^c MDS Diagnostic Services   (Canada)

^d TORONTO PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; BITES AND STINGS; CANADA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LETTER; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; RAT; RAT BITE FEVER; STREPTOBACILLUS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; RAT-BITE FEVER; RATS; STREPTOBACILLUS;

EID: 33846391349     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1208.060044     Document Type: Letter

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