Rickettsia felis as emergent global threat for humans

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1019-1023

  Pérez Osorio, Carlos E ^a   Zavala Velázquez, Jorge E ^a   León, Juan José Arias ^a   Zavala Castro, Jorge E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; FLEA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; CATS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; FLEAS; HUMANS; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 46349105192     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1407.071656     Document Type: Review

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