Questions on Mediterranean spotted fever a century after its discovery

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1360-1367

  Rovery, Clarisse ^a   Brouqui, Philippe ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a,b  

^a Unité des Rickettsie   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; MYXOMATOSIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TYPHUS;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA CONORII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50849112777     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1409.071133     Document Type: Review

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