Flinders island spotted fever rickettsioses caused by "marmionii" strain of Rickettsia honei, eastern Australia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 566-573

  Unsworth, Nathan B ^a   Stenos, John ^a,i   Graves, Stephen R ^a   Faa, Antony G ^b   Cox, G Erika ^c   Dyer, John R ^d   Boutlis, Craig S ^e   Lane, Amanda M ^f   Shaw, Matthew D ^f   Robson, Jennifer ^g   Nissen, Michael D ^h,i  

^a Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory   (Australia)

^b WARWICK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LAUNCESTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g SULLIVAN NICOLAIDES PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

^h ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN V;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HONEI; RICKETTSIOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCRUB TYPHUS;

EID: 34047097308     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1304.060087     Document Type: Article

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