African tick-bite fever: Four cases among Swiss travelers returning from South Africa

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 225-230

  Jackson, Yves ^a   Chappuis, Francois ^a   Loutan, Louis ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RICKETTSIA ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AFRICAN TICK BITE FEVER; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS REACTION; ESCHAR; EUROPE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IRRITABILITY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHANGITIS; MALE; MICROIMMUNOFLUORESCENCE ASSAY; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOM; RASH; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROLOGY; SKIN NECROSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; SWISS; SYMPTOM; TRAVEL;

EID: 4043070562     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2004.19006     Document Type: Article

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