Human Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae infection, Spain

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 528-529

  Aguirrebengoa, Koldo ^a   Portillo, Aránzazu ^b   Santibáñez, Sonia ^b   Marín, Juan J ^b   Montejo, Miguel ^a   Oteo, José A ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SAN PEDRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LOW BACK PAIN; LYMPHANGITIS; MALAISE; MALE; MYALGIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA SIBIRICA; RICKETTSIA SIBIRICA MONGOLITIMONAE; RICKETTSIOSIS; SPAIN; SWEATING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TICK BITE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 41349108908     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1403.070987     Document Type: Letter

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