Relapsing fever borreliosis in Eurasia - Forgotten, but certainly not gone!

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 407-414

  Assous, M V ^a,b   Wilamowski, A ^c  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Borrelia persica; Eurasia; Middle East; Ornithodoros tholozani; Review; Tick borne relapsing fever

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ASIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CARRIER; EUROPE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORNITHODOROS THOLOZANI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TAXONOMY; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TICK BORNE RELAPSING FEVER;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA PERSICA; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; ORNITHODOROS; RODENTIA;

EID: 65949101884     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02767.x     Document Type: Review

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