Rickettsia parkeri infection after tick bite, Virginia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 334-336

  Whitman, Timothy J ^a   Richards, Allen L ^b   Paddock, Christopher D ^c   Tamminga, Cindy L ^b   Sniezek, Patrick J ^a   Jiang, Ju ^b   Byers, David K ^a   Sanders, John W ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; TICK BITE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846656041     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1302.061295     Document Type: Article

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