Increasing incidence of rocky mountain spotted fever among the american indian population in the united states

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 601-605

  Holman, Robert C ^a   McQuiston, Jennifer H ^a   Haberling, Dana L ^a   Cheek, James E ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICKETTSIA; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME;

IXODIDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349107659     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.80.601     Document Type: Article

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