First report of Rickettsia monacensis and Rickettsia helvetica from Tunisia

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 561-564

  Sfar, N ^a   M'Ghirbi, Y ^a   Letaief A ^b   Parola, P ^c   Bouattour, A ^a   Raoult, D ^c  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NORTH AFRICA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; RICKETTSIOSIS; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TUNISIA;

ANIMALS; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; DNA, BACTERIAL; IXODES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; TUNISIA;

RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS;

EID: 51649103563     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485908X311795     Document Type: Article

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