The epidemiology of tick-borne relapsing fever in Iran during 1997-2006

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 160-164

  Masoumi Asl, H ^a   Goya, M M ^a   Vatandoost, H ^b   Zahraei, S M ^a   Mafi, M ^a   Asmar, M ^c   Piazak, N ^c   Aghighi, Z ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Borrelia persica; Iran; Ornithodoros; Tick borne relapsing fever

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA INFECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HERXHEIMER REACTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; SPIROCHETE; SUMMER; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MICE; ORNITHODOROS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELAPSING FEVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349108036     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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