Warmer weather linked to tick attack and emergence of severe Rickettsioses

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Parola, Philippe ^a   Socolovschi, Cristina ^a   Jeanjean, Luc ^b   Bitam, Idir ^a   Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^a   Sotto, Albert ^b   Labauge, Pierre ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b NÎMES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; GANCICLOVIR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OFLOXACIN; HELMINTH DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CASE REPORT; CLIMATE; CLONE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENOTYPE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; MALE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIOSIS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEROLOGY; SUMMER; TICK BITE; WEATHER; ANIMAL; BABESIOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDIAN OCEAN; INSECT BITE; LIFE CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; TICK; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BABESIOSIS; CLIMATE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, HELMINTH; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA CONORII; TICKS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 62549129932     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000338     Document Type: Article

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