Rickettsial infections - A threat to travellers?

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 433-437

  Rolain, Jean Marc ^a   Jensenius, Mogens ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Rickettsial infection; Tickorne rickettsia; Travellers

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICAN TICK BITE FEVER; ALLODERMANYSSUS SANGUINEUS; AMBLYOMMA; ARTHROPOD; ASIA; ASTRAKHAN SPOTTED FEVER; AUSTRALIA; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CELL CULTURE; DERMACENTOR; EUROPE; FLINDERS ISLAND TICK TYPHUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAEMOPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; ISRAELI SPOTTED FEVER; IXODES RICINUS; JAPANESE TICK TYPHUS; LOUSE; MURINE TYPHUS; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PARASITE VECTOR; QUEENSLAND TICK TYPHUS; REVIEW; RHIPICEPHALUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIA AKARI; RICKETTSIA AUSTRALIS; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA HEILONGJIANGENSIS; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA HONEI; RICKETTSIA JAPONICA; RICKETTSIA MONGOLOTIMONAE; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIA SIBIRICA; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIOSIS; RICKETTSIOSIS AKARI; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SCRUB TYPHUS; SIBERIAN TICK TYPHUS; SPOTTED FEVER; TRAVEL; TROMBICULA DELIENSIS; TYPHUS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN BLOTTING; XENOPSYLLA CHEOPIS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MICE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TRAVEL;

EID: 6444241420     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001432-200410000-00008     Document Type: Review

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