Statewide surveillance for ehrlichiosis - Connecticut and New York, 1994-1997

JAMA

Volumn 280, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 1300-1301

  Guarino, P D ^a   Meek, J I ^a   Kusha, B ^a   Tenuta, S W ^a   Heimer, R ^a   Ryder, R W ^a   Magnarelli, L A ^b   Blevins, T ^b   Cartter, M L ^c   Brinkman, C A ^c   Mayo, D ^c   Hadler, J L ^c   Kurpiel, P ^d,e,f,g   Ackman, D ^d,e,f,g   Fox, D ^d,e,f,g   Wong, S ^d,e,f,g   Chu, F ^d,e,f,g   White, D ^d,e,f,g   Morse, D ^d,e,f,g   Smith, P F ^d,e,f,g  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Connecticut Agric Exp Station ^*  (United States)

^c CDC

^d NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e Div of Vec Borne Infect Diseases

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

^g CDC

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; TICK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3543139966     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.280.15.1300     Document Type: Short Survey

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