African tickbite fever in travelers, Swaziland [10]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 353-355

  Oostvogel, Paul M ^a   Van Doornum, Gerard J ^b   Ferreira, Russouw ^c   Vink, Jacqueline ^a   Fenollar, Florence ^d   Raoult, Didier ^d  

^a MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Université de la Mediterranée ^*

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

AFRICAN TICKBITE FEVER; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROLOGY; SWAZILAND; TICK BITE; TRAVEL;

EID: 33846684234     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1302.060808     Document Type: Letter

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