Concurrent infections in acute febrile illness patients in Egypt

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 390-392

  Parker, Tina M ^a,b   Murray, Clinton K ^c   Richards, Allen L ^d   Samir, Ahmed ^b   Ismail, Tharwat ^b   Fadeel, Moustafa Abdel ^b   Jiang, Ju ^d   Wasfy, Momtaz O ^b   Pimentel, Guillermo ^b  

^a US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^b US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3   (United States)

^c BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE FEBRILE ILLNESS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRUCELLA; CONCURRENT INFECTION; EGYPT; FEVER; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

BRUCELLA; LEPTOSPIRA; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EGYPT; FEVER; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34848834812     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.390     Document Type: Article

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