Rickettsia monacensis and human disease, Spain

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1405-1407

  Jado, Isabel ^a   Oteo, José A ^b   Aldámiz, Mikel ^c   Gil, Horacio ^a   Escudero, Raquel ^a   Ibarra, Valvanera ^b   Portu, Joseba ^c   Portillo, Aranzazu ^b   Lezaun, María J ^c   García Amil, Cristina ^a   Rodríguez Moreno, Isabel ^a   Anda, Pedro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SAN PEDRO   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL TXAGORRITXU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLTA GENE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMPA GENE; PATHOGENESIS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; RICKETTSIOSIS; SPAIN; TICK BITE;

EID: 34848856191     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1309.060186     Document Type: Article

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