Cutaneous anthrax in the Artibonite Valley of Haiti: 1992-2002

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 806-811

  Peck, Robert N ^a,b,c   Fitzgerald, Daniel W ^a,b,c  

^a Hospital Albert Schweitzer ^*  (United States)

^b Hospital Albert Schweitzer   (Haïti)

^c Department of Adolescent Medicine   (Haïti)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CATTLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HAITI; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACHEA COMPRESSION; VACCINATION; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; INCIDENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHRAX; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PENICILLINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42949147820     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.806     Document Type: Article

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