Rickettsia africae, the agent of African tick-bite fever: An emerging pathogen in the West Indies and Reunion Island (Indian Ocean);Rickettsia africae, agent de la fièvre à tique africaine: Un pathogène émergent dans les Antilles et l'Ile de la Réunion

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 193-198

  Parola, P ^a,b   Barre, N ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^c Ctr Coop Internationale Rech A   (France)

Author keywords

Amblyomma; Guadeloupe; Indian Ocean; Martinique; Reunion Island; Rickettsia africae; St Kitts Nevis; Tick; West Indies

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AMBLYOMMA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; PATHOGENESIS; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; TICK BITE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; REUNION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS; WEST INDIES;

EID: 4444324089     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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