Human anaplasmosis - A hidden disease in Norway?;Human anaplasmose - En skjult sykdom i Norge?

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 128, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 2579-2581

  Stuen, Snorre ^a   Bergström, Karin ^b  

^a Institutt for Produksjonsdyrmedisin   (Norway)

^b Statens Veterinärmedisinska Anstalt   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NORWAY; PATHOGENICITY;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMANS; NORWAY;

EID: 56849127429     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: 08077096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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