Recurrent tick-borne fever: A possible diagnosis in patients returning from Senegal;Fièvre recurrente à tiques : un diagnostic non rare au décours d'un séjour touristique au Sénégal

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 396-399

  Patrat Delon, S ^a   Drogoul, A S ^a   Le Ho, H ^a   Biziraguzenyuka, J ^a   Rabier, V ^a   Arvieux, C ^a   Michelet, C ^a   Chevrier, S ^a   Tattevin, P ^a  

^a PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Borreliosis; Senegal; Tick borne relapsing fever

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE PLUS PROGUANIL; DOXYCYCLINE; MEFLOQUINE; OFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; RECURRENT FEVER; SENEGAL; SEROLOGY; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMOXICILLIN; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; PLASMODIUM; RECURRENCE; SENEGAL; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50149094029     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: 17696690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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