Louse-borne relapsing fever in Ethiopian children: Experience of a rural hospital

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-36

  Ramos, Jose Manuel ^a,b   Malmierca, Eduardo ^a,c   Reyes, Francisco ^a   Tesfamariam, Abraham ^a  

^a Gambo General Rural Hospital   (Ethiopia)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ELCHE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; ETHIOPIA; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOUSE BORNE RELAPSING FEVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PEDIATRICS; RURAL AREA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; HOSPITAL; INFANT; LOUSE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS;

PHTHIRAPTERA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BORRELIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LICE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RELAPSING FEVER;

EID: 64549099804     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2008.080157     Document Type: Article

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